Intel Core i7-6700T vs Intel Core i7-7700K

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel 7th Generation Core i7 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 199.99
$ 185.00
$ 14.99 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2714 points
3620 points
33% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4539 points
5762 points
26% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2180 points
2983 points
36% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2087 points
2864 points
37% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

56.88 points
85.21 points
49% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3628 points
5070 points
39% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1154 points
1524 points
32% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3579 points
5174 points
44% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1206 points
1596 points
32% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.8 GHz
4.2 GHz
49% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz
4.5 GHz
25% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
171% significantly lower TDP
95 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
Identical
64 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB
Identical
256 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
Identical
1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
Identical
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

584th of 1,089
471st of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7
7th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August
2017 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866
DDR4-2133

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-6700T vs Core i7-7700K comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-7700K is faster than the Core i7-6700T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6700T 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. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-7700K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6700T. Also, the Core i7-7700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6700T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-7700K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache and L3 cache.

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

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