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MSI Nightblade B85C Intel® Core™ i5 i5-4460 vs MSI Nightblade X2-011EU Intel® Core™ i5 i5-6600K

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  • 136specifications compared
  • 47differ
  • 89identical
  • 29known for one product only

Key differences

The MSI Nightblade X2-011EU Intel® Core™ i5 i5-6600K has 2 th gen Intel® Core™ i5 more processor generation than the MSI Nightblade B85C Intel® Core™ i5 i5-4460 (6th gen Intel® Core™ i5 vs 4th gen Intel® Core™ i5). The MSI Nightblade X2-011EU Intel® Core™ i5 i5-6600K has 0.5 GHz more processor boost frequency than the MSI Nightblade B85C Intel® Core™ i5 i5-4460 (3.9 GHz vs 3.4 GHz). The MSI Nightblade X2-011EU Intel® Core™ i5 i5-6600K has 0.3 GHz more processor frequency than the MSI Nightblade B85C Intel® Core™ i5 i5-4460 (3.5 GHz vs 3.2 GHz). Only the MSI Nightblade B85C Intel® Core™ i5 i5-4460 has DVI port. Only the MSI Nightblade X2-011EU Intel® Core™ i5 i5-6600K has Intel Clear Video Technology.

  • Processor generation
    • Nightblade B85C Intel® Core™ i5 i5-4460:4th gen Intel® Core™ i5
    • Nightblade X2-011EU Intel® Core™ i5 i5-6600K:6th gen Intel® Core™ i5
  • Processor model
    • Nightblade B85C Intel® Core™ i5 i5-4460:i5-4460
    • Nightblade X2-011EU Intel® Core™ i5 i5-6600K:i5-6600K
  • Processor boost frequency
    • Nightblade B85C Intel® Core™ i5 i5-4460:3.4 GHz
    • Nightblade X2-011EU Intel® Core™ i5 i5-6600K:3.9 GHz
  • Processor frequency
    • Nightblade B85C Intel® Core™ i5 i5-4460:3.2 GHz
    • Nightblade X2-011EU Intel® Core™ i5 i5-6600K:3.5 GHz
  • Bus type
    • Nightblade B85C Intel® Core™ i5 i5-4460:DMI
    • Nightblade X2-011EU Intel® Core™ i5 i5-6600K:DMI3
  • Processor lithography
    • Nightblade B85C Intel® Core™ i5 i5-4460:22 nm
    • Nightblade X2-011EU Intel® Core™ i5 i5-6600K:14 nm
  • Processor operating modes
    • Nightblade B85C Intel® Core™ i5 i5-4460:32-bit, 64-bit
    • Nightblade X2-011EU Intel® Core™ i5 i5-6600K:64-bit
  • Processor codename
    • Nightblade B85C Intel® Core™ i5 i5-4460:Haswell
    • Nightblade X2-011EU Intel® Core™ i5 i5-6600K:Skylake

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Comparison of B85C, X2-011EU
165 specifications
Processor16 differ
Processor generationDiffers4th gen Intel® Core™ i56th gen Intel® Core™ i5
Processor modelDiffersi5-4460i5-6600K
Processor boost frequencyDiffers3.4 GHz3.9 GHz
Processor frequencyDiffers3.2 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus typeDiffersDMIDMI3
Processor lithographyDiffers22 nm14 nm
Processor operating modesDiffers32-bit, 64-bit64-bit
Processor seriesDiffersIntel Core i5-4400 Desktop seriesIntel Core i5-6600 Desktop Series
Processor codenameDiffersHaswellSkylake
Thermal Design Power (TDP)Differs84 W91 W
TcaseDiffers72.72 °C64 °C
Processor socketDiffersLGA 1150 (Socket H3)LGA 1151 (Socket H4)
SteppingDiffersC0R0
Memory types supported by processorDiffersDDR3-SDRAMDDR3L-SDRAM, DDR4-SDRAM
Memory clock speeds supported by processorDiffers1333,1600 MHz1600,2133 MHz
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)Differs25.6 GB/s34.2 GB/s
Memory voltage supported by processorKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source1.35 V
System bus rateKnown for one5 GT/sUnknown — not stated by the source
Memory2 differ
Internal memory typeDiffersDDR3-SDRAMDDR4-SDRAM
Memory clock speedDiffers1600 MHz2133 MHz
Storage3 differ
Total storage capacityDiffers2 TB2.12 TB
Storage mediaDiffersHDDHDD+SSD
Number of storage drives installedDiffers12
Number of SSDs installedKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source1
SSD capacityKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source128 GB
Graphics8 differ
Discrete graphics card modelDiffersNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 980 Ti
Discrete graphics card memoryDiffers2 GB6 GB
On-board graphics card modelDiffersIntel® HD Graphics 4600Intel® HD Graphics 530
Maximum on-board graphics card memoryDiffers1.024 GB1.74 GB
On-board graphics card dynamic frequency (max)Differs1100 MHz1150 MHz
On-board graphics card DirectX versionDiffers11.112.0
On-board graphics card IDDiffers0x4121912
On-board graphics card OpenGL versionDiffers4.04.3
NVIDIA G-SYNCKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
NVIDIA GameWorks VRKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
Number of execution unitsKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source24
Graphics card DVI-D ports quantityKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source0
Graphics card DVI-I ports quantityKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source1
Graphics card DisplayPorts quantityKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source3
Graphics card HDMI ports quantityKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source1
Performance1 differ
Motherboard chipsetDiffersIntel® B85Intel® Z170
Network1 differ
Wi-Fi standardsDiffers802.11a, Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac), 802.11b, 802.11g, Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n)Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)
Cabling technologyKnown for one10/100/1000Base-T(X)Unknown — not stated by the source
Ports & interfaces4 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantityDiffers64
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantityDiffers04
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-C ports quantityKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source1
USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) Type-A ports quantityDiffers40
USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) Type-C ports quantityKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source1
Line-outKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
Line-inKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source0
DVI portDiffersYesNo
Power1 differ
Power supplyDiffers350 W500 W
Design1 differ
Product colourDiffersBlackBlack, Red
Placement supportedKnown for oneVerticalUnknown — not stated by the source
Number of 2.5" baysKnown for one2Unknown — not stated by the source
Softwareidentical
Operating system architectureKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source64-bit
Processor special features10 differ
Graphics & IMC lithographyDiffers22 nm14 nm
Intel Clear Video TechnologyDiffersNoYes
Intel FDI TechnologyDiffersYesNo
Intel Fast Memory AccessDiffersNoYes
Intel HD GraphicsKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
Intel Software Guard Extensions (Intel SGX)Known for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
Intel TSX-NIDiffersNoYes
Intel TSX-NI versionDiffers0.001.00
Intel® Built-in Visuals TechnologyKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
Intel® Clear Video Technology for Mobile Internet Devices (Intel CVT for MID)DiffersNoYes
Intel® Small Business Advantage (Intel® SBA)Known for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceNo
Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT)Known for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceVT-x, VT-d
Processor ARK IDDiffers8081788191
Supported instruction setsDiffersAVX 2.0AVX 2.0, SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Thermal solution specificationDiffersPCG 2013DPCG 2015D
Processor codeKnown for oneSR1QKUnknown — not stated by the source
Packaging contentidentical
ManualKnown for oneYesUnknown — not stated by the source
Sustainabilityidentical
Sustainability certificatesKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceEPEAT Silver
Expansion slotsidentical
Number of 3.5" baysKnown for one1Unknown — not stated by the source

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