Core i7-6700 vs i7-6700K
Description
Both models i7-6700 and i7-6700K are based on Skylake architecture.
Sky Lake is also known as 6th generation Core. Include Thunderbolt 3.0, SATA Express and Iris Pro graphics with DirectX 12. It uses LGA 1151 socket for mainstream models and LGA 2066 for X-Series. Sky Lake comes with AVX2 support in all mainstreams CPUs and AVX-512 in some high end models.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-6700 gets a score of 243.4 k points while the i7-6700K gets 254.6 k points.
Summarizing, the i7-6700K is 1 times faster than the i7-6700 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Sky Lake is also known as 6th generation Core. Include Thunderbolt 3.0, SATA Express and Iris Pro graphics with DirectX 12. It uses LGA 1151 socket for mainstream models and LGA 2066 for X-Series. Sky Lake comes with AVX2 support in all mainstreams CPUs and AVX-512 in some high end models.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-6700 gets a score of 243.4 k points while the i7-6700K gets 254.6 k points.
Summarizing, the i7-6700K is 1 times faster than the i7-6700 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Specs
CPUID
506e3
506e3
Core
Skylake-S
Skylake-S
Base frecuency
3.4 GHz
4 GHz
Boost frecuency
4 GHz
4.2 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
4/8
4/8
TDP
65 W
95 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
256 kB
256 kB
Cache L3
8192 kB
8192 kB
Date
May 2015
May 2015
Mean monothread perf.
57.76k points
63.22k points
Mean multithread perf.
243.4k points
254.56k points
AVX2 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode III (AVX2), like AVX1, is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the second version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX2 compatible CPU was released in 2013.
Monothread
i7-6700
i7-6700K
Test#1 (Integers)
24.83k
25.78k (x1.04)
Test#2 (FP)
21.82k
23.08k (x1.06)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.98k
5.32k (x1.07)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.14k
9.03k (x1.47)
TOTAL
57.76k
63.22k (x1.09)
Multithread
i7-6700
i7-6700K
Test#1 (Integers)
109.79k
112.83k (x1.03)
Test#2 (FP)
102.39k
106.86k (x1.04)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
24.72k
25.76k (x1.04)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.51k
9.12k (x1.4)
TOTAL
243.4k
254.56k (x1.05)
Performance/W
i7-6700
i7-6700K
Test#1 (Integers)
1689 points/W
1188 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
1575 points/W
1125 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
380 points/W
271 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
100 points/W
96 points/W
TOTAL
3745 points/W
2680 points/W
Performance/GHz
i7-6700
i7-6700K
Test#1 (Integers)
6206 points/GHz
6139 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
5456 points/GHz
5495 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1244 points/GHz
1268 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
1535 points/GHz
2150 points/GHz
TOTAL
14441 points/GHz
15052 points/GHz
Monothread performance graph
Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.
Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.
Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.
Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]
Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]
Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]
Multithread performance graph
Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.
If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.
If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.
Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]
Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]
Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]
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