The Intel 6th Gen Skylake Review: Core i7-6700K and i5-6600K Tested
by Ian Cutress on August 5, 2015 8:00 AM ESTWhat You Can Buy: Windows Professional Performance
Agisoft Photoscan – 2D to 3D Image Manipulation: link
Agisoft Photoscan creates 3D models from 2D images, a process which is very computationally expensive. The algorithm is split into four distinct phases, and different phases of the model reconstruction require either fast memory, fast IPC, more cores, or even OpenCL compute devices to hand. Agisoft supplied us with a special version of the software to script the process, where we take 50 images of a stately home and convert it into a medium quality model. This benchmark typically takes around 15-20 minutes on a high end PC on the CPU alone, with GPUs reducing the time.
Cinebench R15
Cinebench is a benchmark based around Cinema 4D, and is fairly well known among enthusiasts for stressing the CPU for a provided workload. Results are given as a score, where higher is better.
HandBrake v0.9.9: link
For HandBrake, we take two videos (a 2h20 640x266 DVD rip and a 10min double UHD 3840x4320 animation short) and convert them to x264 format in an MP4 container. Results are given in terms of the frames per second processed, and HandBrake uses as many threads as possible.
Hybrid x265
Hybrid is a new benchmark, where we take a 4K 1500 frame video and convert it into an x265 format without audio. Results are given in frames per second.
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im.thatoneguy - Wednesday, August 5, 2015 - link
I'm not a hardcore gamer but when I'm GPU rendering with CUDA my whole UI slows to a crawl and I can hardly move windows. A passable GPU built in would let me use my NVidia cards for CUDA while freeing my CPU integrated graphics for windowing.lilmoe - Wednesday, August 5, 2015 - link
Just wondering, have you tried that very scenario in Windows 10? Please do. I'm assuming you're using Windows 7 since I've had the same problem. But even with 100% GPU utilization, Windows 10 has been very responsive in comparison, at least for me.Flunk - Wednesday, August 5, 2015 - link
They're on a die anyway, just cut down. Which makes it a really stupid waste.extide - Thursday, August 6, 2015 - link
No, the 48EU versions are separate dies than the 24EU versions.Beaver M. - Wednesday, August 5, 2015 - link
Wrong. Some games use the L4 cache, and you can see the increase in performance clearly. Also think about that the Broadwell is running lower clock speed.Skylake is a joke, if you open your eyes.
richardginn - Wednesday, August 5, 2015 - link
GT2 WILL NEVER BEAT GT3e graphics. It is all about those EU'S and GT2 just does not have enough of them... More L4 Cache would help, but it will not be enough.Beaver M. - Wednesday, August 5, 2015 - link
I am talking about L4 being used and increasing framerates even if the IGP is not being used. You can see it clearly in the benchmarks.Refuge - Wednesday, August 5, 2015 - link
Then it sounds like you want the CPU with Crystalwell memory, but no iGPU.Beaver M. - Wednesday, August 5, 2015 - link
I am talking about what is there right now. Skylake is supposed to be an upgrade, yet Broadwell wipes the floor with it in many cases because of that L4, even with lower clock speeds.fokka - Wednesday, August 5, 2015 - link
there will also be skylake chips with l4 cache.