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Is the Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.40GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: LGA2011-v3
Clockspeed: 3.4 GHz
Turbo Speed: 3.8 GHz
Cores: 6 Threads: 12
Typical TDP: 140 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 6 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 15 MB
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6800K CPU @ 3.40GHz, Intel Core i7-6800K CPU @ 3.40GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2016
CPUmark/$Price: 146.95
Overall Rank:
1293rd fastest in multithreading out of 5122 CPUs
1252nd fastest in single threading out of 5122 CPUs
410th fastest in out of 1446 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $72.99 USD (2025-04-27)
| Integer Math | 37,245 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 24,341 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 47 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 20,668 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 2,926 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 161,685 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 810 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 10,370 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 2,260 MOps/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
 | $72.99 USD | Buy Now! |
 | NA | CPU Not Available. See Other Models |
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Intel® Core™ i7-14700KF Desktop Processor 20 cores (8 P-cores + 12 E-cores) up to 5.6 GHz |
$317.99 (www.amazon.com)
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,701 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,314 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,033 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,138 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,862 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,476 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,176 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,709 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,655 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,147 | |
| Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.40GHz | 10,726 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 184.13 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 178.69 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 166.89 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 149.37 | |
| Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.40GHz | 146.95 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 136.21 | |
| 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 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,611 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,140 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,903 | |
| 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 i7-6800K @ 3.40GHz | 2,260 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2611707 - May 09 2025 | 8994 | |
| BL2609352 - May 08 2025 | 10524 | |
| BL2608511 - May 07 2025 | 10329 | |
| BL2608247 - May 07 2025 | 9588 | |
| BL2578871 - Apr 24 2025 [Overclocked] | 12604 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.40GHz | 10,726 | |
| AMD Ryzen 3 3100 vs Intel Core i7-6800K | 11,562 (+7.8%) | |
| Intel Core i7-6850K @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i7-6800K | 11,433 (+6.6%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Intel Core i7-6800K | 13,038 (+21.6%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3500 vs Intel Core i7-6800K | 12,798 (+19.3%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs Intel Core i7-6800K | 12,275 (+14.4%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 3 4100 vs Intel Core i7-6800K | 11,051 (+3.0%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs Intel Core i7-6800K | 13,168 (+22.8%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs Intel Core i7-6800K | 19,346 (+80.4%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 4500 vs Intel Core i7-6800K | 16,115 (+50.2%) | |
| Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.20GHz vs Intel Core i7-6800K | 9,628 (-10.2%) | |
| Intel Core i7-4930K @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i7-6800K | 9,399 (-12.4%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3400G vs Intel Core i7-6800K | 9,223 (-14.0%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,504 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,157 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,325 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,847 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,599 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,511 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,284 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,810 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,682 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,527 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,523 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF | 9,417 | |
| Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.40GHz | 1,931 |
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