Intel Core i5 6600K vs Apple M1 Ultra

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Intel Core i5 6600K Apple M1 Ultra

We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i5 6600K with 4 cores 3.5GHz and Apple M1 Ultra with 20 cores 3.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core i5 6600K 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 3.2GHz)

Apple M1 Ultra 's Advantages

Released 6 years and 7 months late

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5-6400 vs DDR4-2133)

Larger memory bandwidth (800GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)

Lower TDP (60W vs 91W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i5 6600K

1043

Apple M1 Ultra +48%

1544

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 6600K

3982

Apple M1 Ultra +462%

22394

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i5 6600K

1314

Apple M1 Ultra +84%

2420

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 6600K

3782

Apple M1 Ultra +393%

18680

Blender

Intel Core i5 6600K

70

Apple M1 Ultra +508%

426

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i5 6600K

1125

Apple M1 Ultra +57%

1768

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 6600K

3775

Apple M1 Ultra +522%

23501

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i5 6600K

2320

Apple M1 Ultra +65%

3831

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i5 6600K

6289

Apple M1 Ultra +548%

40784

Intel Core i5 6600K

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Apple M1 Ultra

General Parameters

Aug 2015

Release Date

Mar 2022

Intel

Manufacturer

Apple

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

ARMv8

Skylake

Core Architecture

Apple M1

i5-6600K

Processor Number

APL1106/APL1W06

LGA-1151

Socket

Apple M-Socket

HD Graphics 530

Integrated Graphics

Apple M1 Ultra GPU (64-core)

Package

-

Transistor Count

114 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

LGA-1151

Socket

Apple M-Socket

91 W

Power Consumption

60 W

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

16

4

Performance Core Threads

16

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.2 GHz

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.2 GHz

-

Efficiency Cores

4

-

Efficiency Core Threads

4

-

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

4

Total Core Count

20

4

Total Thread Count

20

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

-

35x

Multiplier

-

64 K per core

L1 Cache

192 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

48 MB shared

6 MB shared

L3 Cache

-

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600

Memory Types

LPDDR5-6400

64 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

16

34.1 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

800 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

450 MHz

1150 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1296 MHz

-

Shader Units

8192

-

Texture Units

512

-

Raster Operation Units

256

-

Execution Units

1024

-

Power Consumption

120 W

-

Max Resolution

6016x3384 - 60 Hz

-

Graphics Performance

21.2 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i5 6600K

Official Website

-

3.0

PCIe Version

-

16

PCIe Lanes

-

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

Extended Instruction Set

-

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