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

Intel Core i7-6700
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2015
Intel Core i7-6700
Intel Core i7-6700K
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
4000 MHz / Cores: 4 / Aug 2015
Intel Core i7-6700K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i7-6700
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    108%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-6700
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    117%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-6700
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    104%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-6700

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-6700K

17% higher single threaded performance.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the Intel Core i7-6700.
Around 8% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i7-6700K

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-6700K

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

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

Architecture

Intel Core i7-6700Intel Core i7-6700K
ArchitectureIntel_SkylakevsIntel_Skylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameSkylakevsSkylake
Release DateJul 2015vsAug 2015

Cores

Intel Core i7-6700Intel Core i7-6700K
Cores4vs4
Threads8vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsHD Graphics 530

Cache

Intel Core i7-6700Intel 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 i7-6700Intel Core i7-6700K
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp72°Cvs72°C
Packagevs
Die Sizeunknownvsunknown
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Core i7-6700Intel Core i7-6700K
Cpu Frequency3400 MHzvs4000 MHz
Turbo Clock4000 MHzvs4200 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-6700
    4600 points
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    4830 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-6700
    18924 points
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    22264 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Rendering: LuxMark CPU OpenCL

  • Intel Core i7-6700
    2323
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    2417

points - higher is better

Rendering: LuxMark CPU C++

  • Intel Core i7-6700
    2565
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    2764

points - higher is better

Rendering: POV-Ray 3.7

  • Intel Core i7-6700
    1748
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    1899

points per second - higher is better

3DMark06 CPU

  • Intel Core i7-6700
    8478
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    9037

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

  • Intel Core i7-6700
    6002.5
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    6487

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

  • Intel Core i7-6700
    24304.5
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    25817

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-6700
    1.93
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    1.97

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-6700
    8.86
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    9.65

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-6700
    168.5
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    177.5

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-6700
    802
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    880

points - higher is better

SuperPI 1M

  • Intel Core i7-6700
    9.65
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    9

seconds - lower is better

wPrime 32

  • Intel Core i7-6700
    6.8
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    6.66

seconds - lower is better

WinRAR 4.0

  • Intel Core i7-6700
    5412.5
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    5877

MB/s - higher is better

x264 Pass 1

  • Intel Core i7-6700
    187.4
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    204.75

FPS - higher is better

x264 Pass 2

  • Intel Core i7-6700
    50.8
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    54.58

FPS - higher is better

TrueCrypt AES

  • Intel Core i7-6700
    4.45
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    4.35

GB/s

TrueCrypt Twofish

  • Intel Core i7-6700
    0.78
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    0.73

GB/s

TrueCrypt Serpent

  • Intel Core i7-6700
    0.46
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    0.45

GB/s

Sunspider 1.0

  • Intel Core i7-6700
    67.9
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    119.45

score - higher is better