Intel Core i7-6700K vs Intel Core i7-1355U

Core i7-6700K vs Core i7-1355U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-6700K performs better than the Core i7-1355U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-1355U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-1355U has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i7-6700K that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6700K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-6700K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-1355U. Despite this, the Core i7-1355U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-1355U has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-6700K. The Core i7-1355U 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 i7-6700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.