Intel Core i7-6700: specs and benchmarks - Technical City

Intel started Intel Core i7-6700 sales 1 July 2015 at a recommended price of $303. This is Skylake architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office ... Home> Processors> Corei7-6700 IntelCorei7-6700:specsandbenchmarks Choose...Buy Buy Compare VS Choose... Pricenow 264$ Gamessupported 97% Intel Corei7-6700 Buy Interface Coreclockspeed Maxvideomemory Memorytype Memoryclockspeed Maximumresolution Yearofrelease 2015 Performance 7.42 Summary IntelstartedIntelCorei7-6700sales1July2015atarecommendedpriceof$303.ThisisSkylakearchitecturedesktopprocessorprimarilyaimedatofficesystems.Ithas4coresand8threads,andisbasedon14nmmanufacturingtechnology,withamaximumfrequencyof4000MHzandalockedmultiplier. Compatibility-wise,thisisFCLGA1151processorwithaTDPof65Wattandamaximumtemperatureof72°C.ItsupportsDDR3,DDR4memory. Itprovidespoorbenchmarkperformanceat 7.42% ofaleader'swhichisAMDRyzenThreadripperPRO5995WX. Corei7 6700 vs RyzenThreadripper PRO5995WX Generalinfo OfCorei7-6700processormarkettype(desktopornotebook),architecture,salesstarttimeandpricing. Placeinperformancerating741Valueformoney5.90MarketsegmentDesktopprocessorSeriesIntelCorei7(Desktop)ArchitecturecodenameSkylake(2015−2016)Releasedate1July2015(6yearsago)Launchprice(MSRP)$303of305(Corei7-870)Pricenow$264(0.9xMSRP)of14999(XeonPlatinum9282) Valueformoney Togettheindexwecomparethecharacteristicsoftheprocessorsandtheircost,takingintoaccountthecostofotherprocessors. 0 50 100 Technicalspecs Basicmicroprocessorparameterssuchasnumberofcores,numberofthreads,basefrequencyandturboboostclock,lithography,cachesizeandmultiplierlockstate.TheseparameterscangenerallyindicateCPUperformance,buttobemorepreciseyouhavetoreviewitstestresults. Physicalcores4(Quad-Core)Threads8Baseclockspeed3.4GHzof4.7(FX-9590)Boostclockspeed4GHzof5.5(Corei9-12900KS)L1cache64K(percore)of1536(EPYCEmbedded3401)L2cache256K(percore)of12288(Core2QuadQ9550)L3cache8MB(shared)of32(RyzenThreadripper1998)Chiplithography14nmof5(AppleM1)Diesize122mm2Maximumcoretemperature71°Cof110(Atomx7-E3950)Maximumcasetemperature(TCase)72°Cof105(Corei7-5950HQ)64bitsupport+Windows11compatibility-Unlockedmultiplier- Compatibility InformationonCorei7-6700compatibilitywithothercomputercomponentsanddevices:motherboard(lookforsockettype),powersupplyunit(lookforpowerconsumption)etc.Usefulwhenplanningafuturecomputerconfigurationorupgradinganexistingone. NotethatpowerconsumptionofsomeprocessorscanwellexceedtheirnominalTDP,evenwithoutoverclocking.SomecanevendoubletheirdeclaredthermalsgiventhatthemotherboardallowstotunetheCPUpowerparameters. NumberofCPUsinaconfiguration1of8(Opteron842)SocketFCLGA1151Thermaldesignpower(TDP)65Wattof400(XeonPlatinum9282) Technologiesandextensions TechnologicalcapabilitiesandadditionalinstructionssupportedbyCorei7-6700.You'llprobablyneedthisinformationifyourequiresomeparticulartechnology. InstructionsetextensionsIntel®SSE4.1,Intel®SSE4.2,Intel®AVX2AES-NI+AVX+vPro+EnhancedSpeedStep(EIST)+TurboBoostTechnology2.0Hyper-ThreadingTechnology+TSX+IdleStates+ThermalMonitoring+SIPP+ Securitytechnologies Processortechnologiesaimedatimprovingsecurity,forexample,byprotectingagainsthacks. TXT+EDB+SecureKey+MPX+IdentityProtection+SGXYeswithIntel®MEOSGuard+ Virtualizationtechnologies Supportedvirtualmachineoptimizationtechnologies.SomearespecifictoIntelonly,sometoAMD. AMD-V+VT-d+VT-x+EPT+ Memoryspecs Types,maximumamountandchannelnumberofRAMsupportedbyCorei7-6700'smemorycontroller.Dependingonthemotherboard,highermemoryfrequencymaybesupported. SupportedmemorytypesDDR3,DDR4of4800(Ryzen96980HX)Maximummemorysize64GBof786(XeonE5-2670v3)Maxmemorychannels2of12(XeonPlatinum9221)Maximummemorybandwidth34.1GB/sof281.6(XeonPlatinum9221)ECCmemorysupport- Graphicsspecifications GeneralparametersofGPUintegratedintoCorei7-6700. IntegratedgraphicscardIntelHDGraphics530Maxvideomemory64GBQuickSyncVideo+ClearVideo+ClearVideoHD+Graphicsmaxfrequency1.15GHzInTru3D+ Graphicsinterfaces AvailableinterfacesandconnectionsofCorei7-6700'sintegratedGPU. Numberofdisplayssupported3eDP+DisplayPort+HDMI+DVI+ Graphicsimagequality MaximumdisplayresolutionssupportedbyCorei7-6700'sintegratedGPU,includingresolutionsoverdifferentinterfaces. 4Kresolutionsupport+MaxresolutionoverHDMI1.44096x2304@24HzMaxresolutionovereDP4096x2304@60HzMaxresolutionoverDisplayPort4096x2304@60HzMaxresolutionoverVGAN/A GraphicsAPIsupport APIssupportedbyCorei7-6700'sintegratedGPU,sometimesAPIversionsareincluded. DirectX12OpenGL4.5 Peripherals Specificationsandconnectiontypesofsupportedperipherals. PCIeversion3.0PCIExpresslanes16of128(EPYC7551P) Benchmarkperformance Single-coreandmulti-corebenchmarkresultsofCorei7-6700.Overallbenchmarkperformanceismeasuredinpointsin0-100range,higherisbetter. Overallscore Thisisourcombinedbenchmarkperformancerating.Weareregularlyimprovingourcombiningalgorithms,butifyoufindsomeperceivedinconsistencies,feelfreetospeakupincommentssection,weusuallyfixproblemsquickly. i7-6700 7.42 Cinebench1032-bitsingle-core 3DMark06CPU WinRAR4.0 Geekbench332-bitmulti-core Geekbench332-bitsingle-core TrueCryptAES x264encodingpass2 x264encodingpass1 Cinebench1564-bitmulti-core Cinebench1564-bitsingle-core Cinebench11.564-bitmulti-core Cinebench11.564-bitsingle-core Cinebench1032-bitmulti-core Passmark 3DMarkFireStrikePhysics GeekBench5Single-Core GeekBench5Multi-Core Cinebench1032-bitsingle-coreCinebenchR10 isanancientraytracing benchmarkforprocessorsbyMaxon,authorsofCinema4D.ItssinglecoreversionusesjustoneCPUthreadtorenderafuturisticlookingmotorcycle. i7-6700 6003 3DMark06CPU3DMark06isadiscontinuedDirectX9benchmarksuitefromFuturemark.ItsCPUpartcontainstwoscenarios,onededicatedto artificialintelligencepathfinding,anothertogamephysicsusingPhysXpackage. i7-6700 8478 WinRAR4.0WinRAR4.0isanoutdatedversionofapopularfilearchiver.Itcontainsaninternalspeedtest,using'Best'settingofRARcompressiononlargechunksofrandomlygenerateddata.Itsresultsare measuredinkilobytes persecond. i7-6700 5413 Geekbench332-bitmulti-core i7-6700 15053 Geekbench332-bitsingle-core i7-6700 4031 TrueCryptAESTrueCryptisadiscontinuedpieceofsoftwarethatwas widelyusedforon-the-fly-encryptionofdiskpartitions,nowsupersededbyVeraCrypt.Itcontains severalembeddedperformancetests,oneofthembeingTrueCryptAES,whichmeasures dataencryptionspeedusingAESalgorithm.Resultisencryptionspeedingigabytespersecond. i7-6700 4.5 x264encodingpass2x264Pass2 isaslower variantofx264videocompressionthat producesavariablebitrateoutputfile,whichresultsinbetterqualitysincethehigherbitrateisusedwhen itisneededmore.Benchmarkresultisstillmeasuredinframespersecond.   i7-6700 51 x264encodingpass1x264version4.0isavideoencodingbenchmarkuses MPEG4x264compressionmethod tocompressasampleHD(720p)video.Pass1isafastervariantthat producesaconstantbitrateoutputfile.Itsresultismeasuredinframespersecond,whichmeanshowmanyframesofthesourcevideofilewere encodedpersecond.   i7-6700 187 Cinebench1564-bitmulti-coreCinebenchRelease15MultiCore(sometimescalledMulti-Thread)isavariantofCinebenchR15whichusesalltheprocessorthreads. i7-6700 802 Cinebench1564-bitsingle-coreCinebenchR15(standingforRelease15)isabenchmarkmadebyMaxon,authorsofCinema4D.ItwassupersededbylaterversionsofCinebench,whichusemore modernvariantsofCinema4Dengine.TheSingleCoreversion(sometimescalled Single-Thread)onlyusesasingleprocessorthreadtorenderaroomfullofreflectivespheresandlightsources. i7-6700 169 Cinebench11.564-bitmulti-coreCinebenchRelease11.5MultiCoreisavariantofCinebenchR11.5whichusesalltheprocessorthreads.Amaximumof64threadsis supportedinthisversion. i7-6700 9 Cinebench11.564-bitsingle-coreCinebenchR11.5 isanoldbenchmarkbyMaxon,authorsofCinema4D.ItwassupersededbylaterversionsofCinebench,whichusemore modernvariantsofCinema4Dengine.TheSingleCoreversion loads asingle threadwithraytracingto renderaglossyroomfullofcrystalspheresandlightsources. i7-6700 1.93 Cinebench1032-bitmulti-coreCinebenchRelease10MultiCoreisavariantofCinebenchR10 using alltheprocessorthreads.Possiblenumberofthreadsislimitedby16 inthisversion. i7-6700 24305 PassmarkPassmarkCPUMarkisawidespreadbenchmark,consistingof8differenttypesofworkload,includingintegerandfloatingpointmath,extendedinstructions,compression,encryptionand physicscalculation.Thereisalsooneseparatesingle-threadedscenariomeasuringsingle-coreperformance. i7-6700 8079 3DMarkFireStrikePhysics i7-6700 10300 GeekBench5Single-Core i7-6700 973 GeekBench5Multi-Core i7-6700 3744 Mininghashrates CryptocurrencyminingperformanceofCorei7-6700.Usuallymeasuredinmegahashespersecond. Bitcoin/BTC(SHA256) 49Mh/s   Monero/XMR(CryptoNight) 0.29kh/s   Relativeperfomance OverallCorei7-6700performancecomparedtonearestcompetitorsamongdesktopCPUs. AMDRyzenEmbeddedV1756B 101.75 AppleM1 101.62 IntelCorei3-10305T 100.81 IntelCorei7-6700 100 IntelCorei7-4790K 99.87 IntelCorei3-10300T 99.06 AMDRyzen52400GE 98.92 AMDequivalent WebelievethatthenearestequivalenttoCorei7-6700byAMDisRyzen52400GE,whichisslowerby1%andlowerby13positionsinourrating. Ryzen5 2400GE Compare HerearesomeclosestAMDrivalstoCorei7-6700: AMDRyzen5PRO2400G 104.04 AMDRyzen5PRO3400GE 102.43 AMDRyzenEmbeddedV1756B 101.75 IntelCorei7-6700 100 AMDRyzen52400GE 98.92 AMDRyzen51400 96.5 AMDAthlonGoldPRO3150G 95.42 Similarprocessors Hereisourrecommendationofseveralprocessorsthataremoreorlesscloseinperformancetotheonereviewed. Corei7 4790K Compare Ryzen5 2400GE Compare Ryzen EmbeddedV1756B Compare Corei5 8600T Compare Corei7 5775C Compare Ryzen5 1400 Compare Recommendedgraphicscards ThesegraphicscardsaremostcommonlyusedwithCorei7-6700accordingtoourstatistics. GeForceGTX 10606GB 7.5% GeForceGTX 1070 6.6% GeForceGTX 1050Ti 6.3% HD Graphics530 5.5% GeForceGTX 970 4.3% GeForceGTX 960 4.1% GeForceGTX 10603GB 4.1% GeForceGTX 1650 2.5% GeForceGTX 960M 2.5% GeForceGTX 1080 2.4% Userrating Hereistheratinggiventothereviewedprocessorbyourusers.Letothersknowyouropinionbyratingityourself. 3.9 348ratings RateIntelCorei7-6700onascaleof1to5: 12345 Questionsandcomments HereyoucanaskaquestionaboutCorei7-6700,agreeordisagreewithourjudgements,orreportanerrorormismatch. 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