Intel Core i7-6900K Overview

Intel Core i7-6900K
Type: DESKTOP
Release date: May 2016

Intel_BroadwellArchitecture

8Cores

16Threads

3200 Mhz Frequency

3700 MhzTurbo Clock

140 W TDP

Summary

Relative performance

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
307%
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
259%
Intel Core i9-10980XE
241%
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
233%
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
217%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
208%
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
197%
Intel Core i9-12900K
184%
Intel Core i9-12900KF
184%
Intel Core i5-10600K
173%
Intel Core i5-10600KF
173%
Intel Core i9-7980XE
172%
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT
171%
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
168%
Intel Core i9-7960X
165%
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
160%
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
153%
Intel Core i9-10900K
146%
Intel Core i7-10700K
141%
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT
140%
Intel Core i9-9900KS
140%
Intel Core i9-9900K
137%
AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT
137%
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
132%
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
132%
Intel Core i9-7900X
132%
Intel Core i7-7820X
118%
Intel Core i7-9700K
118%
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
117%
Intel Core i7-8700K
111%
Intel Core i7-6950X
110%
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X
107%
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
104%
Intel Core i7-7800X
103%
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
102%
AMD Ryzen 7 2700
100%
Intel Core i7-6900K
100%
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
99%
Intel Core i7-7700K
95%
Intel Core i5-8600K
94%
AMD Ryzen 7 1700
93%
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
92%
Intel Core i7-6850K
91%
Intel Core i7-5960X
89%
Intel Core i7-3960X
89%
Intel Core i7-6700K
86%
Intel Core i5-8400
85%
Intel Core i7-6800K
85%
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
84%
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2
84%
Intel Core i7-4790K
83%
Intel Core i7-7700
82%
Intel Core i7-4960X
81%
Intel Core i7-6700
80%
Intel Core i5-7600K
80%
Intel Core i7-5820K
78%
Intel Core i7-7700T
77%
Intel Core i5-7600
77%
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
76%
Intel Core i7-4790
75%
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
75%
Intel Core i7-4940MX
73%
Intel Core i5-6600K
73%
Intel Core i3-7350K
73%
Intel Core i7-4980HQ
72%
Intel Core i7-4930MX
72%
Intel Core i7-4910MQ
72%
Intel Core i5-7500
71%
Intel Core i7-4790S
71%
Intel Core i7-6700T
71%
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3
70%
Intel Core i3-8100
69%
Intel Core i7-4810MQ
68%
AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
68%
Intel Core i7-4900MQ
67%
Intel Core i7-4800MQ
67%
Intel Core i7-3770K
66%
Intel Core i5-6500
66%
Intel Core i7-4870HQ
66%
AMD Ryzen 5 1400
66%
Intel Core i5-7400
65%
Intel Core i7-4710HQ
64%
AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
64%
Intel Core i5-4590
64%
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
64%
Intel Core i5-8250U
64%
Intel Core i7-4700HQ
63%
Intel Core i7-4770HQ
63%
Intel Core i7-4700MQ
63%
AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
62%
Intel Core i7-4850HQ
61%
Intel Core i7-2600K
61%
Intel Core i3-6100
60%
Intel Core i7-4750HQ
59%
Intel Core i7-4702MQ
58%
Intel Core i7-4702HQ
57%
Intel Core i5-4430
56%
Intel Core i7-4712HQ
55%
Intel Core i5-2500K
54%
AMD Ryzen 3 1200
54%
AMD FX-8370
53%
Intel Core i7-3632QM
53%
Intel Core i7-4600M
52%
AMD FX-8350
51%
Intel Core i7-5600U
51%
Intel Core i5-4300M
51%
Intel Core i5-5257U
50%
AMD FX-8370E
49%
Intel Core i7-5500U
48%
Intel Core i7-4600U
48%
Intel Core i7-4650U
48%
Intel Core i5-5300U
46%
Intel Core i5-5350U
46%
Intel Core i7-4550U
46%
AMD FX-9590
46%
Intel Core i7-4500U
46%
Intel Core i7-5650U
45%
Intel Core i5-4258U
44%
Intel Core i5-5250U
43%
Intel Core i3-8350K
43%
Intel Core i5-5200U
43%
AMD A10-6800K
42%
Intel Core i5-3230M
42%
Intel Core i7-3537U
41%
Intel Core i7-4960HQ
40%
Intel Core i3-5157U
40%
Intel Core i5-3437U
40%
Intel Core i5-4200U
39%
AMD A12-9800
39%
Intel Core i3-4000M
38%
Intel Core M-5Y31
38%
AMD A10-7850K
38%
Intel Core i5-3337U
38%
AMD A8-5600K
37%
Intel Core M-5Y71
37%
Intel Core i5-4690K
36%
AMD A10-7700K
36%
AMD FX-8800P
35%
Intel Core M-5Y70
35%
Intel Core i3-5010U
34%
Intel Core i7-8550U
33%
AMD A6-6400K
33%
Intel Core i3-5005U
33%
Intel Core i3-3110M
33%
Intel Core M-5Y10a
33%
Intel Core M-5Y51
32%
Intel Core M-5Y10
31%
Intel Core i3-4158U
31%
AMD A10-5750M
31%
Intel Core i5-3339Y
28%
AMD A8-5550M
28%
Intel Core i3-4005U
27%
Intel Core i3-7100
27%
Intel Core i3-4010U
27%
AMD FX-6300
26%
Intel Core M-5Y10c
26%
AMD A10-5745M
26%
AMD A10-4600M
26%
Intel Core i3-3217U
25%
Intel Pentium 3556U
25%
AMD A4-5300
25%
AMD A6-5350M
24%
Intel Pentium G4560
24%
Intel Pentium 2117U
22%
Intel Core i3-4330
22%
AMD A4-4300M
22%
AMD A10-7890K
21%
AMD A4-5150M
20%
AMD A10-7870K
20%
AMD A6-5200
18%
Intel Core i5-3380M
17%
Intel Pentium G4400
17%
Intel Pentium G3440
15%
Intel Celeron G3930
15%
Intel Pentium 2129Y
14%
Intel Celeron G3900
14%
AMD A4-5000
14%
Intel Celeron G1840
13%
AMD E1-2500
10%
AMD A4-1250
7%
AMD E1-2100
7%
AMD A4-1200
7%

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The Intel Core i7-6900K is a cpu released by Intel on May 2016. This processor is based on the architecture and packs unknown transistors on a 14 nm, 0 mmÂ² die.

Intel Core i7-6900K pros and cons

Specifications

Features

Architecture

Architecture	Intel_Broadwell
Market	Desktop
Memory Support	DDR4
Codename	Broadwell-E
Release Date	May 2016

Cores

Cores	8
Threads	16
E-Cores	none
SMPs	1
Integrated Graphics	No

Cache

L1 Cache	32 KB (per core)
L2 Cache	256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache	20480 KB (shared)

Physical

Socket	Intel Socket 2011-3
Max Case Temp	72°C
Package
Die Size	unknown
Process	14 nm

Performance

Cpu Frequency	3200 MHz
Turbo Clock	3700 MHz
Base Clock	100 MHz
Voltage	unknown
TDP	140 W

Compared to similar performing CPUs


	Intel Core i7-6900K	Intel Core i7-9700K	AMD Ryzen 7 2700X	AMD Ryzen 5 2600X	AMD Ryzen 7 2700
		compare	compare	compare	compare
Architecture	Intel_Broadwell	Intel_Coffeelake	AMD_Zen_Plus	AMD_Zen_Plus	AMD_Zen_Plus
Process Node	14 nm	14 nm	14 nm	14 nm	14 nm
Cores/Threads	8/16	8/8	8/16	6/12	8/16
Release Date	May 2016	Sep 2018	Mar 2018	Mar 2018	Mar 2018

Benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

Intel Core i7-9700K
212
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
180
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
176
Intel Core i7-6900K
154

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
1828
AMD Ryzen 7 2700
1561
Intel Core i7-6900K
1549
Intel Core i7-9700K
1542
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
1403