Intel Core i7-6700

Intel Core i7-6700 Benchmark and Specs

Intel Core i7-6700 Processor benchmark, specs and release date - 3 GHz 4 core Intel 6th Generation Core i7 LGA 1151 CPU rating. Is the Core i7-6700 good for gaming?

Benchmark Score

32 %
Good score from 24 samples
Low uncertainty
Performance
Good
Ranking
255th of 627
Popularity
45th of 627
Samples
24 benchmarks

CPU benchmarks

Here are the performance results of this CPU in both the hardwareDB Benchmark and other benchmark utilities. Synthetic tests are an estimation of real-world performance using consistent and repeatable benchmarks.

Overall

Good

32 %

Gaming

Very Good

51 %

Multitasking

Average

26 %

Heavy Workloads

Average

25 %

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Alternative benchmarks

Here are some benchmark results using alternative testing software

3DMark Physics

3DMark Physics

Physics simulation benchmark

4,332
Blender

Blender

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

73
Geekbench 5 (multi)

Geekbench 5 (multi)

Multi threaded benchmark

4,052
Geekbench 5 (single)

Geekbench 5 (single)

Single threaded benchmark

1,252
Geekbench 6 (multi)

Geekbench 6 (multi)

Multi threaded benchmark

4,051
Geekbench 6 (single)

Geekbench 6 (single)

Single threaded benchmark

1,259

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CPU Comparison

The Intel Core i7-6700 compared against popular alternatives. Compare against more CPUs with our CPU Comparison Tool.

Intel Core i7-6700
32 %
AMD Ryzen 5 1400
27 %
Intel Core i5-7600
27 %
AMD Ryzen 7 3700U
26 %
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
25 %
Intel Core i7-6820HQ
24 %
Intel Core i7-8665U
23 %

Specifications

Clock Speed 3.4 GHz
Turbo Speed 4 GHz
Cores 4
Threads 8
L1 Cache 256 KiB
L2 Cache 1024 KiB
L3 Cache 8 MiB
PCIe Revision 3
PCIe Lanes 16
Socket LGA 1151
Family 6th Generation Core i7
Memory Type DDR4-1866
Memory Channels 2
Max Memory 64 GiB
Release Date 2015-08-01
Supports ECC Memory No
Has Unlocked Multiplier No
TDP 65 W

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Intel Core i7-6700

The Core i7-6700 is a 4 core CPU from Intel released in 2015. This chip has a good overall score at 32% in our CPU benchmark. Our gaming benchmark shows that this CPU is a very good processor for gaming, with a score of 51%. As for multitasking and heavy workloads, the Core i7-6700 scores 26% and 25% respectively. Indeed, this is an average rating for very heavy workloads.

The Core i7-6700 has 4 cores and 8 threads. This CPU makes use of simultaneous multithreading technology to improve performance on parallel tasks. Each physical CPU core is divided into multiple logical processors. This Intel CPU has a clock speed of 3.4 GHz and a turbo speed of 4 GHz : a higher clock speed that can be reached when thermals and power delivery allow. This CPU has a locked multiplier, so you are not able to overclock it beyond this frequency.

As for memory, the Core i7-6700 makes use of DDR4-1866 memory. The faster the memory, the better. Faster memory means that the CPU doesn't have to wait to get the data it needs. It can accommodate a maximum of 64 GiB of memory. Furthermore, this chip can handle up to 2 channels of RAM, a multichannel memory architecture allows for higher data transfer between the CPU and the memory. However, to take advantage of this, you must have enough memory slots filled. Error correcting memory is not supported on this processor.

In terms of cache, the Core i7-6700 has 256 KiB of level 1 cache, 1 MiB of level 2 cache and 8 MiB of level 3 cache. This is a fast memory located close to the processor, which stores copies of frequently used data from main memory.

This CPU has fast connectivity with support for PCI-Express Gen 3. The faster the PCIe link, the better. This allows for better performance with GPUs and NVME SSDs. It has a total of 16 PCIe lanes.

Power and thermals for the Intel Core i7-6700 CPU are a TDP (Thermal Design Power) of 65 watts. This measures the amount of heat the processor produces when running at full load. This isn't a measure of power consumption, but it's good estimate.

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