Intel Core i7-10710U vs Intel Core i7-6700K

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i7 6 core CPU vs Intel 6th Generation Core i7 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3046 points
3497 points
14% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4440 points
5633 points
26% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2617 points
2866 points
9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2519 points
2751 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

70.12 points
81.27 points
15% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.1 GHz
4 GHz
263% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
11% slightly higher turbo speed
4.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
533% significantly lower TDP
95 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
Identical
64 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
49% significantly more L1 cache
256 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache
1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

533rd of 1,089
482nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i7
6th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 August
2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4-1866

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-10710U vs Core i7-6700K comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-10710U is faster than the Core i7-6700K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6700K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-10710U has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i7-6700K that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6700K. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-6700K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10710U. Despite this, the Core i7-10710U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-10710U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-6700K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-10710U has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-6700K. The Core i7-10710U also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-10710U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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