Intel Core i7-6700 vs Intel Core i7-4771

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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3117 points
11% slightly better overall score
2798 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4991 points
12% slightly better gaming score
4428 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2559 points
10% slightly better multitasking score
2314 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2457 points
10% slightly better heavy workload score
2221 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

69.31 points
14% slightly higher Blender score
60.73 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4052 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3819 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1252 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1158 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4207 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3893 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1320 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1229 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
3.5 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

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

523rd of 1,089
569th 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 August

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 i7-4771 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-6700 is faster than the Core i7-4771. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4771 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-4771 has a slightly higher clock speed than 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 i7-4771 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-6700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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