Better Intel CPU for Dolphin: 6700K (4 core) or 5820K (6 core) ?

Dolemub42 · (This post was last modified: 11-16-2015, 01:01 AM by Dolemub42.)

Which one would give better performance:

Intel Core i7-6700K Skylake 4-Core
Intel Core i7-5820K Haswell-E 6-Core

They are at the same price on Newegg. I can OC the CPU (currently running i7 930 2.8 GhZ @ 3.8 GhZ).

Many thanks.

**KHg8m3r** · 11-16-2015, 02:24 AM #2

The i7-6700K is based on Skylake, which has faster single-core speeds than the i7-5820k based on Haswell-E at the same frequencies.

**leolam** · (This post was last modified: 11-16-2015, 07:55 AM by leolam.)

It does not really matter for Dolphin since both are powerful CPUs which should be able to run most, if not all games at full speed, especially as they can be overclocked.

The Skylake one does have a little bit stronger single-thread performance (even without overclocking), so if you're mainly going to use the computer for Dolphin, I suggest choosing the i7-6700K. If you're going to multitask a lot or use multi-threaded programs, choose the 5820K since it has two more cores.

Compared to your current i9 930, upgrading to any of the two will be a huge performance improvement, and that's not only for Dolphin.