Intel Core i7-6700 vs Intel Core i7-4770K

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel 4th 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

$ 122.39
$ 31.44 slightly less expensive
$ 153.83

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3117 points
6% slightly better overall score
2925 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4991 points
4% slightly better gaming score
4768 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2559 points
7% slightly better multitasking score
2381 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2457 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score
2286 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2828 points
11% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
2543 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

69.31 points
4% slightly higher Blender score
66.02 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4052 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3979 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1252 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1227 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4207 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4080 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1320 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1280 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
3.50 GHz
2% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
3.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
29% slightly lower TDP
84 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
100% significantly more supported memory
32 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
Identical
1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
Identical
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

523rd of 1,089
548th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7
4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August
2013 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866
DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-6700 vs Core i7-4770K comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-6700 is faster than the Core i7-4770K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4770K in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4770K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6700. Despite this, the Core i7-6700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6700 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4770K CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache and 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 i7-6700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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