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Is the Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.00GHz Good for Gaming?
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Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: LGA1151
Clockspeed: 4.0 GHz
Turbo Speed: 4.2 GHz
Cores: 4 Threads: 8
Typical TDP: 95 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 8 MB
Memory Support: Max. Memory Size: 64 GB (DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V)
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHz, Intel Core i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2015
CPUmark/$Price: 73.61
Overall Rank:
1438th fastest in multithreading out of 5126 CPUs
977th fastest in single threading out of 5126 CPUs
454th fastest in out of 1446 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $121.42 USD (2025-05-21)
Integer Math | 28,170 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 17,394 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 30 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 15,813 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 3,070 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 125,857 KBytes/Sec |
Physics | 639 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 8,254 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 2,504 MOps/Sec |
Merchant | Price | Purchase |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,697 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,312 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,032 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,138 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,861 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,475 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,174 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,708 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,652 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,146 | |
Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.00GHz | 8,938 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
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AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 233.04 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 178.68 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 163.35 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 161.93 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 158.64 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 138.63 | |
Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.00GHz | 73.61 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 51.93 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
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Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,611 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,140 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,902 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,681 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,478 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,470 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,363 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,921 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,563 | |
Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.00GHz | 2,504 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL2642200 - May 22 2025 | 8880 | |
BL2641581 - May 21 2025 | 9633 | |
BL2641512 - May 21 2025 [Overclocked] | 10066 | |
BL2641480 - May 21 2025 | 9098 | |
BL2639204 - May 20 2025 | 9082 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.00GHz | 8,938 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 1400 vs Intel Core i7-6700K | 7,737 (-13.4%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G vs Intel Core i7-6700K | 9,223 (+3.2%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G vs Intel Core i7-6700K | 8,738 (-2.2%) | |
Intel Core i7-7700 @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i7-6700K | 8,644 (-3.3%) | |
Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz vs Intel Core i7-6700K | 8,063 (-9.8%) | |
AMD Ryzen 3 4300G vs Intel Core i7-6700K | 9,857 (+10.3%) | |
Intel Core i3-10100F @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i7-6700K | 8,715 (-2.5%) | |
Intel Core i3-10100 @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i7-6700K | 8,603 (-3.7%) | |
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G vs Intel Core i7-6700K | 6,747 (-24.5%) | |
Intel Core i5-9600KF @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Core i7-6700K | 10,665 (+19.3%) | |
Intel Core i5-9600K @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Core i7-6700K | 10,642 (+19.1%) | |
Intel Core i5-9500 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i7-6700K | 9,871 (+10.4%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
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AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,499 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,156 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,332 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,845 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,595 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,511 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,282 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,809 | |
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,684 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,520 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,446 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF | 9,426 | |
Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.00GHz | 1,010 |