Intel Core i7-6700
The Intel Core i7-6700 is a high-end quad-core desktop processor based on the Skylake architecture, which was announced in August 2015. The CPU, which is manufactured in a 14 nm process, runs at 3.4 up to 4.0 GHz (2 cores: 3.9 GHz, 4 cores: 3.7 GHz) and can execute up to 8 threads simultaneously thanks to Hyperthreading. Contrary to the Core i7-6700K , the i7-6700 does not have a free multiplier and can hardly be overclocked.
Architecture
Intel uses Skylake to replace both Broadwell and Haswell and therefore once again uses one core design for all TDP classes. Several improvements of the Skylake architecture include bigger Out-to-Order-Buffer, optimizations for pre-fetching as well as bigger gains by Hyperthreading. However, the changes are small for a "Tock" – a new micro architecture – in general, so the per-MHz performance is only between 5-10 % (compared to Haswell) or less than 5 % higher (compared to Broadwell), respectively.
Performance
Even though the Core i7-6700 has a slightly lower clock than the old i7-4790 (3.6 GHz - 4.0 GHz), the performance is slightly better compared to the Haswell predecessor. Another 7 % faster is the top model i7-6700K . Even the most demanding applications and games are no problem for the high-end CPU.
Graphics
Graphics are handled by the integrated Intel HD Graphics 530 HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell, 20 EUs), the performance is increased by around 25 percent. The overall GPU performance is still low-end, so modern games can, if at all, only be played smoothly with low settings.
Power Consumption
Intel specifies the TDP with 65 Watts.
Series Intel Core i7 (Desktop) Codename Skylake Series: Core i7 (Desktop) Skylake Clock Rate 3400 - 4000 MHz Level 1 Cache 256 KB Level 2 Cache 1 MB Level 3 Cache 8 MB Number of Cores / Threads 4 / 8 Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power) 65 Watt Manufacturing Technology 14 nm Socket FCLGA1151 Features DDR3(L)-1600/DDR4-2133 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, AES-NI, TSX-NI, Quick Sync, Virtualization, vPro GPU Intel HD Graphics 530 (350 - 1150 MHz)64 Bit 64 Bit support Architecture x86 Starting Price $303 U.S. Announcement Date 08/05/2015 Product Link (external) Intel Core i7 (Desktop) 6700
Benchmarks Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 743 avg: 791 median: 802 (18%) max: 817 Points
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Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 117 avg: 156 median: 168.5 (62%) max: 171 Points
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Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 8.69 avg: 8.8 median: 8.9 (18%) max: 8.94 Points
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Intel Core i7-980X EE 0%
Intel Core i7-990X EE 1%
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Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 1.89 avg: 1.9 median: 1.9 (61%) max: 1.94 Points
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Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 5634 avg: 6003 median: 6002.5 (54%) max: 6371 points
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Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 24237 avg: 24305 median: 24304.5 (41%) max: 24372 points
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Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
31339 Points (30%)
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Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
8213 Points (62%)
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wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
209 s (2%)
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VIA C3-M C3-M-1200 3948%
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
6.8 s (1%)
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min: 5323 avg: 5413 median: 5412.5 (35%) max: 5502 points
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X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
50.8 fps (23%)
Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz -96%
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X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
187 fps (55%)
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TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
min: 0.46 avg: 0.5 median: 0.5 (19%) max: 0.465 GB/s
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TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
min: 0.77 avg: 0.8 median: 0.8 (21%) max: 0.781 GB/s
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TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
min: 4.4 avg: 4.5 median: 4.5 (17%) max: 4.5 GB/s
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3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 8199 avg: 8403 median: 8478 (47%) max: 8532 Points
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Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
min: 9.3 avg: 9.7 median: 9.7 (2%) max: 10 s
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VIA C3-M C3-M-1200 4698%
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
min: 20.8 avg: 22.4 median: 22.4 (1%) max: 24 s
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Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
min: 490.8 avg: 537 median: 536.9 (2%) max: 583 s
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VIA C3-M C3-M-1200 4093%
SiSoft Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS) - SiSoft Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS)
155890 MIPS (74%)
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Intel Core i7-980X EE -4%
Intel Core i7-990X EE -2%
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SiSoft Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS) - SiSoft Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS)
83810 MFLOPS (64%)
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Intel Xeon X5670 9%
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3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 28021 avg: 28924 median: 28924 (33%) max: 29827 Points
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Intel Xeon X5670 -5%
Intel Core i7-990X EE 11%
Intel Core i7-980X EE 11%
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 8405 avg: 9780 median: 9832 (40%) max: 10416 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 52447 avg: 54281 median: 54997 (35%) max: 55398 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 7879 avg: 8131 median: 7952 (20%) max: 8561 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 10918 avg: 11399 median: 11385 (29%) max: 11819 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
4535 Points (32%)
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Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
min: 15038 avg: 15053 median: 15053 (27%) max: 15068 points
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Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
min: 4022 avg: 4031 median: 4030.5 (83%) max: 4039 points
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Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
15812 points (25%)
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Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
4233 points (86%)
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Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
812 ms (1%)
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Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
67.9 ms (1%)
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Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
44474 Points (71%)
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