i5 6600k vs i7 6700k

[Damian Blaine]

As the title says. Is an i7 worth the extra $100 for professional use of Unreal Engine, and rendering in 3ds Max & Carrara? Budget is a factor, I would like to keep the cost as low as possible without sacrificing too much performance. Yes, I will be overclocking, i just want to know what cpu would perform better for 3d modeling and rendering – i5 or i7?

[[LTT] LinusFTW]

i5's are for gaming, the i7's are for gaming, game recording,editing (video/photo) and many other things.

[Damian Blaine]

Alright, thanks!

[𝕙.𝕓𝕒𝕣𝕜𝕒𝕤]

2 main reasons to go for the i7-K over the i5-K models.
Content creation/development. If you are creating content, video, high resolution Photoshop, CAD, running multiple virtual machines, streaming twitch/YouTube.
You want 4+GHz but don't want to tinker with settings. Out of the box both the 4th gen and 6th gen i7-K models are already stock up at 4GHz and beyond with boost. You don't even need a more expensive "Z" motherboard if you have a huge aversion to overclock tinkering. This is a good route for people without the time or patience to overclock, but still have enough funds for the "best".

https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/4dm2fx/what_am_i_better_getting_i56600k_or_i76700k/

[SoldierScar]

I had similar question so i will post it here, what performance/fps difference would be the in the stock i5-6500 vs OCed i5-6600k 4.5ghz.

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more threads larger cache doubt you'd actually be able to see the difference exept in benchmarks the big differences in the older CPU's arn't there anymore get some faster ram

[EolSunder]

oc 6600k, 20% faster vs 6500

[Azza ☠]

i7 6700k is the same as the i5 CPU, but also has hyperthreading.

The CPU has 4 physical cores (rooms).

The i5 has a single thread (door) per core (room).

The i7 hyperthreading allows for stacked threads (2 doors) per core (room).

So if the CPU core is only halve used for a process, it can stack another on it at the same time. Maxing it's utilization more.

Short answer:
i5 CPU is optimal for gaming performance

i7 CPU would be better for multitasking, raw data processing, image/media, and still does well with gaming.

Is an i7 worth the extra $100 for professional use of Unreal Engine, and rendering in 3ds Max & Carrara? YES, applications like that would benefit off an i7 CPU. Something taking 5 minutes to render, could be reduced to 3 minutes by the hyperthread stacks (that then adds up when you are spending a few hours to render something). Also, 16GB of RAM would be helpful.

[EolSunder]

yea i consider 16gb ram a minimum for todays current gaming system. 5 years ago 8gb ram was fine, today? na.