Core i7-6700 vs Core i7 X 990 comparison
In our benchmarks, the Core i7-6700 beats the Core i7 X 990 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7 X 990 in all gaming tests too.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7 X 990 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i7-6700 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6700. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7 X 990 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6700. The info from our database shows that the Core i7 X 990 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-6700
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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