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Is the Intel Core i5-6600T @ 2.70GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: LGA 1151
Clockspeed: 2.7 GHz
Turbo Speed: 3.5 GHz
Cores: 4 Threads: 4
Typical TDP: 35 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 6 MB
Memory Support: Max. Memory Size: 64 GB (DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V)
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6600T CPU @ 2.70GHz, Intel Core i5-6600T CPU @ 2.70GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2015
CPUmark/$Price: 30.96
Overall Rank:
2240th fastest in multithreading out of 5788 CPUs
1787th fastest in single threading out of 5788 CPUs
603rd fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $179.95 USD (2024-11-20)
| Integer Math | 14,761 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 12,666 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 26 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 9,379 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 1,684 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 75,440 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 418 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 6,170 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 2,048 MOps/Sec |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 58,452 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,291 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 38,940 | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | 23,702 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,844 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,582 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,084 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,678 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,641 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,133 | |
| Intel Core i5-6600T @ 2.70GHz | 5,572 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 136.53 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 130.24 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 124.63 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 122.39 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 117.87 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 107.95 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 60.60 | |
| Intel Core i5-6600T @ 2.70GHz | 30.96 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 4,694 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,600 | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | 4,516 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,886 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,676 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,489 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,467 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,365 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,914 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,560 | |
| Intel Core i5-6600T @ 2.70GHz | 2,048 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL3279337 - Feb 11 2026 | 5834 | |
| BL3210889 - Jan 13 2026 | 5060 | |
| BL3178046 - Dec 31 2025 | 6011 | |
| BL3147698 - Dec 19 2025 | 6124 | |
| BL3141943 - Dec 17 2025 | 5786 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i5-6600T @ 2.70GHz | 5,572 | |
| Intel Core i5-6400T @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Core i5-6600T | 4,251 (-23.7%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4690K @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i5-6600T | 5,686 (+2.0%) | |
| AMD FX-8320E Eight-Core vs Intel Core i5-6600T | 5,126 (-8.0%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4570S @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Core i5-6600T | 5,015 (-10.0%) | |
| Intel Core i5-6500T @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Core i5-6600T | 4,773 (-14.3%) | |
| Intel Core i5-3470S @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Core i5-6600T | 4,373 (-21.5%) | |
| AMD FX-6300 Six-Core vs Intel Core i5-6600T | 4,228 (-24.1%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 3 1200 vs Intel Core i5-6600T | 6,259 (+12.3%) | |
| Intel Core i5-7600T @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Core i5-6600T | 5,815 (+4.4%) | |
| Intel Core i3-7350K @ 4.20GHz vs Intel Core i5-6600T | 4,874 (-12.5%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4460S @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Core i5-6600T | 4,644 (-16.7%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4430S @ 2.70GHz vs Intel Core i5-6600T | 4,384 (-21.3%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 | 14,501 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,430 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,123 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,257 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,794 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus | 10,695 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,517 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,381 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,258 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D | 10,196 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,778 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,775 | |
| Intel Core i5-6600T @ 2.70GHz | 633 |
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