comparison between char* values

I am learning c programming at school, and having a question about char*. I initialized char* str5 and char* str6, and their values are the exact same. what I want to confirm is that if I compare them in if statement, is it always comparing its addresses? If so, Why?

char* str5 = "hold";
  printf("str5: %s\n", str5, str5);


  char* str6 = "hold";

  if (str5 == str6){
    printf("str5 and str6 point to the same address\n");
  }  
  else{
    printf("str5 and str6 point to different addresses\n");

  }    

I appreciate any feedback, thank you so much!