Intel Core i7-6700K vs Intel Core i3-1115G4

Core i7-6700K vs Core i3-1115G4 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-6700K is faster than the Core i3-1115G4. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-1115G4 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-6700K has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-1115G4 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-1115G4. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-6700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1115G4. Also, the Core i7-6700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i3-1115G4 outputs less heat than Core i7-6700K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i3-1115G4 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-6700K. Despite this, the Core i7-6700K has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i3-1115G4.

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