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Best Bench: 90% Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 70% Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)

Poor: 70% Great: 90%

SPEED RANK: 224^th / 1442

Gaming 81%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 67%

Battle cruiser

5,651 User Benchmarks

Best Bench: 78% Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 44% Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 0.35 GHz (avg)

Poor: 44% Great: 78%

SPEED RANK: 450^th / 1442

Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 54%

Yacht


Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		80.8 %	Faster effective speed. +20%		67.6 %


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	88.6 Pts	Lower memory latency. +13%	78.3 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	119 Pts	Faster single-core speed. +27%	93.4 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	224 Pts	Faster dual-core speed. +24%	180 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	395 Pts	Faster quad-core speed. +27%	310 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	597 Pts	Much faster octa-core speed. +33%	449 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	95.9 Pts	Slightly lower OC memory latency. +8%	88.6 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	137 Pts	Faster OC single-core speed. +25%	110 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	258 Pts	Faster OC dual-core speed. +21%	214 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	459 Pts	Faster OC quad-core speed. +16%	395 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	696 Pts	Faster OC octa-core speed. +26%	554 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	1.07 %	Insanely higher market share. +10,600%	0.01 %
Value Value For Money	91.1 %	+4%	87.2 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	78 %	Much more popular. +53%	51 %
Price Price (score)	$180		$110	Much cheaper. +39%


Age Newest	104 Months	More recent. +22%	133 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	91 Watts		47 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +48%
Cores CPU Processing Cores	4 cores		4 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	8 threads		8 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	14 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +36%	22 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	4 GHz	Much faster base frequency. +43%	2.8 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4.2 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +11%	3.8 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	716 Pts	Faster OC 64-core speed. +29%	554 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	612 Pts	Much faster 64-core speed. +36%	451 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Skylake	Haswell
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA1151	FCPGA946
Graphics Integrated Graphics	HD 530	HD 4600
Launch Date Launch Date	Q3'15	Q2'13
Lithography Lithography	14 nm	22 nm
Recommended Price Recommended Customer Price	$339.00 - $350.00	$568.00 - $570.00
Max Turbo Frequency Max Turbo Frequency	4.2 GHz	3.8 GHz
Bus Speed Bus Speed	8 GT/s DMI3	5 GT/s DMI2
Max Memory Size Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)	64 GB	32 GB
Memory Types Memory Types	DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V	DDR3L 1333/1600
Memory Bandwidth Max Memory Bandwidth	34.1 GB/s	25.6 GB/s
Processor Graphics Processor Graphics ‡	Intel® HD Graphics 530	Intel® HD Graphics 4600
Graphics Base Frequency Graphics Base Frequency	350 MHz	400 MHz
Graphics Output Graphics Output	eDP/DP/HDMI/DVI	eDP/DP/HDMI/VGA
Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency	1.15 GHz	1.3 GHz
Graphics Video Max Memory Graphics Video Max Memory	64 GB	2 GB
Package Size Package Size	37.5mm x 37.5mm	37.5mm x 37.5mm x 4.7mm
TSX-NI Intel® TSX-NI	Yes	No
vPro Tech Intel® vPro™ Technology ‡	No	Yes
Trusted Execution Tech Intel® Trusted Execution Technology ‡	No	Yes
PCI Express Revision PCI Express Revision	3.0	3
PCI Express Configurations PCI Express Configurations ‡	Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4	1x16, 2x8, 1x8 2x4
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The Core i7-6700K is Intel's latest "Skylake" flagship processor. It replaces the hugely successful i7-4790K and takes the crown as the fastest mainstream consumer CPU available. Comparing performance and specs between the 4790K and 6700K shows that the configuration is largely unchanged (same base clocks, cores, threads) but the improved manufacturing process (14nm) brings a small reduction in TDP and a performance improvement of 8%; almost exactly the same jump as between the Ivy Bridge 3770K and Haswell 4770K. Owners of any unlocked-K Intel CPU from Sandy Bridge or onwards still have no real reason to upgrade as the performance improvements are largely academic but the i7-6700K will be the CPU of choice for the vast majority of top end PC builds in 2015. ^{[Aug '15 CPUPro]}

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The i7-4900MQ is a top end 2013 Haswell Laptop CPU. It sports Intel's standard i7 configuration of four physical cores with support for eight hyper-threads. Comparing the 4990MQ and the flagship desktop i7-4770 shows that the performance gap between Desktop and Laptop CPUs no longer exists amongst top end Haswell based CPUs. Looking at the 4900MQ and the 3630QM Ivy Bridge Laptop CPU shows that the 4900MQ is around 30% faster, which is a big jump considering the relatively narrow age gap between the two. Overall the 4900MQ is a superb Laptop CPU that is able to give even the latest top of the range Desktop CPUs a run for their money. ^{[Mar '14 CPUPro]}

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