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    Intel Core i7-2700K vs Intel Core i7-6700K

    Intel Core i7-2700K
    Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
    3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Oct 2011
    Intel Core i7-2700K
    Intel Core i7-6700K
    Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
    4000 MHz / Cores: 4 / Aug 2015
    Intel Core i7-6700K

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • Intel Core i7-2700K
      100%
    • Intel Core i7-6700K
      133%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • Intel Core i7-2700K
      100%
    • Intel Core i7-6700K
      130%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • Intel Core i7-2700K
      100%
    • Intel Core i7-6700K
      134%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-2700K

    None

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-6700K

    Much higher single threaded performance (around 30% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 34% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
    This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
    Around 33% higher average synthetic performance.
    Intel Core i7-6700K

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-6700K

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    Intel Core i7-6700K

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-6700K

    Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.

    Specifications

    Features

    Intel Core i7-2700KIntel Core i7-6700K
    MMX
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSSE3
    SSE4.2
    AVX
    EIST
    Intel 64
    XD bit
    VT-x
    Hyper-Threading
    AES-NI
    AVX2
    VT-d
    HTT
    TSX
    TXT
    CLMUL
    FMA3
    F16C
    BMI1
    BMI2
    Boost 2.0

    Architecture

    Intel Core i7-2700KIntel Core i7-6700K
    ArchitectureIntel_SandyBridgevsIntel_Skylake
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR4
    CodenameSandy BridgevsSkylake
    Release DateOct 2011vsAug 2015

    Cores

    Intel Core i7-2700KIntel Core i7-6700K
    Cores4vs4
    Threads8vs8
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 3000vsHD Graphics 530

    Cache

    Intel Core i7-2700KIntel Core i7-6700K
    L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

    Physical

    Intel Core i7-2700KIntel Core i7-6700K
    SocketIntel Socket 1155vsIntel Socket 1151
    Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
    PackageFC-LGA10vs
    Die Size216mm²vsunknown
    Process32 nmvs14 nm

    Performance

    Intel Core i7-2700KIntel Core i7-6700K
    Cpu Frequency3500 MHzvs4000 MHz
    Turbo Clock3900 MHzvs4200 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltageunknownvsunknown
    TDP95 Wvs95 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • Intel Core i7-2700K
      3900 points
    • Intel Core i7-6700K
      4830 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • Intel Core i7-2700K
      16800 points
    • Intel Core i7-6700K
      22264 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

    • Intel Core i7-2700K
      13115
    • Intel Core i7-6700K
      17181

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

    • Intel Core i7-2700K
      3578
    • Intel Core i7-6700K
      4980

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

    • Intel Core i7-2700K
      13982
    • Intel Core i7-6700K
      19391

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

    • Intel Core i7-2700K
      3334
    • Intel Core i7-6700K
      4422

    points - higher is better

    3DMark06 CPU

    • Intel Core i7-2700K
      6837
    • Intel Core i7-6700K
      9037

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

    • Intel Core i7-2700K
      4967
    • Intel Core i7-6700K
      6487

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

    • Intel Core i7-2700K
      19675
    • Intel Core i7-6700K
      25817

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

    • Intel Core i7-2700K
      7
    • Intel Core i7-6700K
      9.65

    points - higher is better

    SuperPI 1M

    • Intel Core i7-2700K
      9.84
    • Intel Core i7-6700K
      9

    seconds - lower is better

    wPrime 32

    • Intel Core i7-2700K
      7.15
    • Intel Core i7-6700K
      6.66

    seconds - lower is better

    WinRAR 4.0

    • Intel Core i7-2700K
      3537
    • Intel Core i7-6700K
      5877

    MB/s - higher is better

    x264 Pass 1

    • Intel Core i7-2700K
      147
    • Intel Core i7-6700K
      204.75

    FPS - higher is better

    x264 Pass 2

    • Intel Core i7-2700K
      37.5
    • Intel Core i7-6700K
      54.58

    FPS - higher is better

    TrueCrypt AES

    • Intel Core i7-2700K
      3.5
    • Intel Core i7-6700K
      4.35

    GB/s

    TrueCrypt Twofish

    • Intel Core i7-2700K
      0.58
    • Intel Core i7-6700K
      0.73

    GB/s

    TrueCrypt Serpent

    • Intel Core i7-2700K
      0.33
    • Intel Core i7-6700K
      0.45

    GB/s

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • Intel Core i7-2700K (simulated)
      132.39
    • Intel Core i7-6700K
      177.5

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • Intel Core i7-2700K (simulated)
      632.06
    • Intel Core i7-6700K
      880

    points - higher is better

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