Intel Core i7-11700K vs Intel Core i7-6700K

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i7 8 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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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 275.99
$ 213.57
$ 62.42 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

80 %
122% significantly better overall score
36 %

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

90 %
57% significantly better gaming score
57 %

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

76 %
162% significantly better multitasking score
29 %

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

75 %
167% significantly better heavy workload score
28 %

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

11892
140% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
4938
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

221.54
163% significantly higher Blender score
84.12
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9777
102% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
4822
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2159
49% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1442
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9653
100% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4810
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2175
50% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1441

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
100% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
100% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
4 GHz
11% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
19% slightly higher turbo speed
4.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W
95 W
31% slightly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
25% slightly more pcie lanes
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
64 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

640 KiB
150% significantly more L1 cache
256 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache
1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

51st of 1,255
346th of 1,255

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i7
6th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

February 2021
August 2015

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4-1866

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-11700K vs Core i7-6700K comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-11700K 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-11700K has significantly more cores than the Core i7-6700K. Indeed, the Core i7-11700K has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-6700K. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6700K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-6700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-11700K. Despite this, the Core i7-11700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-6700K outputs less heat than Core i7-11700K thanks to a slightly 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 i7-11700K has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-6700K. The Core i7-11700K also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-11700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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