Intel Core Ultra 5 240 vs Intel Core i5 6600

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Intel Core Ultra 5 240

Intel Core i5 6600

We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core Ultra 5 240 with 10 cores 3.2GHz and Intel Core i5 6600 with 4 cores 3.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core Ultra 5 240 's Advantages

Released 9 years and 3 months late

Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 2133)

Larger memory bandwidth (102.4GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (24MB vs 6MB)

More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 14nm)

Intel Core i5 6600 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Higher base frequency (3.3GHz vs 3.2GHz)

Score

Intel Core Ultra 5 240

VS

Intel Core i5 6600

General Parameters

Dec 2024

Release Date

Sep 2015

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

-

Instruction Set

x86-64

Arrow Lake

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i5-6600

Intel Socket 1851

Socket

LGA-1151

Integrated Graphics

HD Graphics 530

Ultra 5 (Arrow Lake)

Generation

-

Package

-

Transistor Count

1.75 billions

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

65 W

100 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Intel

Foundry

-

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

4

6

Performance Core Threads

4

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.3 GHz

5.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.9 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

-

4

Efficiency Core Threads

-

1 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

4.6 GHz

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

-

10

Total Core Count

4

10

Total Thread Count

4

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

32

Multiplier

33x

112 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

23 MB

L2 Cache

256 K per core

24 MB shared

L3 Cache

6 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600

256 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

102.4 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

34.1 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1150 MHz

Miscellaneous

Official Website

Intel Core i5 6600

5

PCIe Version

3.0

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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