Intel Core i7-6700K vs Intel Core i7-2600

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-2600

Price

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$ 274.86

$ 226.37

$ 48.49 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3497 points

37% slightly better overall score

2539 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5633 points

41% slightly better gaming score

3984 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2866 points

35% slightly better multitasking score

2108 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2751 points

35% slightly better heavy workload score

2031 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3242 points

7% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

3013 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

81.27 points

110% significantly higher Blender score

38.63 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4822 points

135% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2047 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1442 points

137% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

608 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4936 points

141% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2040 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1506 points

146% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

610 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4 GHz

17% slightly higher clock speed

3.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

10% slightly higher turbo speed

3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

Identical

95 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

482nd of 1,089

619th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-6700K vs Core i7-2600 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-6700K performs better than the Core i7-2600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-2600 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-6700K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-2600. Also, the Core i7-6700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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