Intel Core i7-6700K vs Intel Core i7-11390H

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel 11th 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

3497 points

9% slightly better overall score

3203 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5633 points

9% slightly better gaming score

5165 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2866 points

8% slightly better multitasking score

2634 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2751 points

8% slightly better heavy workload score

2530 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

81.27 points

55% significantly higher Blender score

52.10 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4936 points

5515 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1506 points

1989 points

32% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

5 GHz

19% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

35 W

171% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

Identical

64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

482nd of 1,089

511th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7

11th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2021 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866

DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-6700K vs Core i7-11390H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-11390H performs better than the Core i7-6700K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6700K 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. The Core i7-11390H 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.

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.