Review: Core i5 6600K processor
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AndreasGuido
Nice review HH! Guess i might keep my i5 2500k for now and upgrade when i do full system re-build.
zzzaac
My mind is tell me I don't need to upgrade my 3570K, by body wants this upgrade...urggh
Undying
i5 2500k (4.7Ghz) vs i5 6600k (3.9Ghz). Looks like Sandy is still up there but difference in ipc is starting to show, maybe even worth an upgrade if you planing an high overclock on Skylake. All in all, is it stock 6600k enough for gaming this days? I would say yes.
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SpajdrEX
Too pricey, i got i7 2600 for 100$, so no, thanks, still it's nice to have little speed boost.
Truder
I wasn't being inconsistent I just quoted the wrong section.
Haswell being Tock.
Page 2 first paragraph
pharma
I could have missed it in the review but Skylake offers hardware support for DX12 feature level 12_1 --- offering support for ROV, ConservativeRasterization, TiledResources and ResourceBinding all at Tier 3.
http://www.pcgameshardware.de/Core-i7-6700K-CPU-260905/Tests/Skylake-Test-Core-i7-6700K-i5-6600K-1166741/#a3
Andrew LB
Page 15, just below the second image it says...
There aren't any benches on that page running medium settings. The first says "ultra" and the second "ultimate". The last one is firestrike.
Truder
Also are those TDP figures accurate? I thought (4x90k) have a tdp of 88W?
I wish there were more i5 reviews to show comparisons between the generations though, otherwise this just looks like it's a platform update bringing DDR4, what happened to PCI-e gen 4 though? I thought that was to be expected in skylake.
It's rather a disappointing release so far.
BahamutxD
I will stay with 2500k unless mobo or cpu dies, not worth the upgrade yet.
Anarion
Since DX12 is the next big thing, I wouldn't buy quad core CPU without hyper-threading.
Undying
Not a real cores, not helpful. I would start thinking about real 6-8cores CPU's in the future.
As you can see, 6600k beats your 3770k in every game.
Seketh
Why isn't there a 4670K or 4690K in the benchmarks?
theoneofgod
DX12 will benefit all CPU's.
This is the only thing I could find showing synthetic performance differences between an i5 and i7 with HT on. i5 is clocked slightly higher.
[spoiler]https://cms-images.idgesg.net/images/article/2015/03/dx12_performance_simulated_cpus_updated-100575301-orig.png[/spoiler]
signex
Titan X loves this CPU, the difference is amazing!
[youtube]watch?v=WZ_5p9wd2dk[/youtube]
4,5Ghz OC vs Stock
[youtube]watch?v=JWxncqbe1H8[/youtube]
Undying
Indeed. Great performance on i5 6600k. Just like i said, its beating past gen i7's. Overclocking makes alot of difference though, you'll need 4.5+Ghz Sandy and Ivy to match stock Skylake performance.
Ursopro
My 4770K still going strong!!
Monchis
Things could end the other way around because with dx12 devs won´t need to dedicate a core to api overhead anymore, dual cores might catch a second wind.
theoneofgod
DX12 should take advantage of the extra threads.
CK the Greek
It would be nice if in this review was also included i5 4670K. I guess that H.H couldn't find a -good- chip from them. (?)
(as user SEKETH already posted)
Turanis
Its about Intel HD Graphics 530 (Skylake),not about the cpu(fpu) itself.So if you wanna play DX12 games with iGpu you got it.
Still i7 4790K is better and you dont need to change mobo. Till DDR4 CL9 will come well will be long time. Till then HBM will become standard on our computers.
And when Intel will give us an i7 without iGpu and with 8 cores,or i5 with 6cores??? (i dont want it 5820k)
