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Essentials Download Specifications Product Collection 6th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 Processors Code Name Products formerly Skylake Vertical Segment Desktop Processor Number i5-6600 Lithography 14 nm CPU Specifications Total Cores 4 Total Threads 4 Max Turbo Frequency 3.90 GHz Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 Frequency‡ 3.90 GHz Processor Base Frequency 3.30 GHz Cache 6 MB Intel® Smart Cache Bus Speed 8 GT/s TDP 65 W Supplemental Information Marketing Status Discontinued Launch Date Q3'15 Servicing Status End of Servicing Lifetime End of Servicing Updates Date Friday, September 30, 2022 Embedded Options Available No Included Items Thermal Solution - E97379 Datasheet View now Memory Specifications Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type) 64 GB Memory Types DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V Max # of Memory Channels 2 Max Memory Bandwidth 34.1 GB/s ECC Memory Supported ‡ No GPU Specifications GPU Name‡ Intel® HD Graphics 530 Graphics Base Frequency 350 MHz Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency 1.15 GHz Graphics Video Max Memory 64 GB Graphics Output eDP/DP/HDMI/DVI 4K Support Yes, at 60Hz Max Resolution (HDMI)‡ 4096x2304@24Hz Max Resolution (DP)‡ 4096x2304@60Hz Max Resolution (eDP - Integrated Flat Panel)‡ 4096x2304@60Hz Max Resolution (VGA)‡ N/A DirectX* Support 12 OpenGL* Support 4.5 Intel® Quick Sync Video Yes Intel® InTru™ 3D Technology Yes Intel® Clear Video HD Technology Yes Intel® Clear Video Technology Yes

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3 Device ID 0x1912 Expansion Options Scalability 1S Only PCI Express Revision 3.0 PCI Express Configurations ‡ Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4 Max # of PCI Express Lanes 16 Package Specifications Sockets Supported FCLGA1151 Max CPU Configuration 1 Thermal Solution Specification PCG 2015C (65W) TCASE 71°C Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm Advanced Technologies Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported ‡ No Intel® Turbo Boost Technology ‡ 2.0 Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡ No Intel® Transactional Synchronization Extensions Yes Intel® 64 ‡ Yes Instruction Set 64-bit Instruction Set Extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 Idle States Yes Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology Yes Thermal Monitoring Technologies Yes Intel® Identity Protection Technology ‡ Yes Security & Reliability Intel vPro® Eligibility ‡ Intel vPro® Platform Intel® Secure Key Yes Intel® AES New Instructions Yes Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX) Yes with Intel® ME Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX) Yes Intel® OS Guard Yes Intel® Trusted Execution Technology ‡ Yes Execute Disable Bit ‡ Yes Intel® Boot Guard Yes Intel® Stable IT Platform Program (SIPP) Yes Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) ‡ Yes Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) ‡ Yes Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT) ‡ Yes