Intel Core i7-6700 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265K

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 20 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
16691 points
435% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4991 points
15383 points
208% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2559 points
17117 points
568% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2457 points
17234 points
601% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2828 points
16561 points
485% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

69.31 points
467.43 points
574% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4207 points
20585 points
389% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1320 points
3063 points
132% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
20
400% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
20
150% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
3.9 GHz
14% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
5.5 GHz
37% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
24
49% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
192 GiB
200% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
36 MiB
3499% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
30 MiB
274% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

523rd of 1,089
10th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August
2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866
DDR5-6400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i7-6700 vs Core Ultra 7 265K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 7 265K beats the Core i7-6700 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6700 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 7 265K has significantly more cores with 20 cores whereas the Core i7-6700 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6700. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 7 265K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-6700. Also, the Core Ultra 7 265K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 265K has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-6700. The Core Ultra 7 265K also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-6700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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