UserBenchmark: Intel Core i7-6700K vs Core2 Duo E6550

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Best Bench: 43% Base clock 2.35 GHz
Worst Bench: 26% Base clock 2.35 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg)

Poor: 26% Great: 43%

SPEED RANK: 1134^th / 1442

Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 41%

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Workstation 24%

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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%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		37.4 %			80.8 %	Hugely faster effective speed. +116%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	66.3 Pts	88.6 Pts	Much lower memory latency. +34%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	27.5 Pts	119 Pts	Hugely faster single-core speed. +333%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	51.7 Pts	224 Pts	Hugely faster dual-core speed. +333%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	52.7 Pts	395 Pts	Hugely faster quad-core speed. +650%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	53.1 Pts	597 Pts	Insanely faster octa-core speed. +1,024%


Memory OC Memory Latency	75.9 Pts	95.9 Pts	Lower OC memory latency. +26%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	30.2 Pts	137 Pts	Hugely faster OC single-core speed. +354%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	60.2 Pts	258 Pts	Hugely faster OC dual-core speed. +329%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	60.1 Pts	459 Pts	Hugely faster OC quad-core speed. +664%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	60.3 Pts	696 Pts	Insanely faster OC octa-core speed. +1,054%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0 %		1.07 %	Insanely higher market share. +∞%
Value Value For Money	83.1 %		91.1 %	Slightly better value. +10%
User Rating UBM User Rating	51 %		78 %	Much more popular. +53%
Price Price (score)	$15	Hugely cheaper. +92%	$180


Age Newest	199 Months		104 Months	Much more recent. +48%
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watts	More energy efficient. +29%	91 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	2 cores		4 cores	Hugely higher core count. +100%
Threads CPU Processing Threads	2 threads		8 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +300%
Lithography Manufacturing process	65 nm		14 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +78%
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	2.33 GHz		4 GHz	Much faster base frequency. +72%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	2.33 GHz		4.2 GHz	Hugely faster turbo frequency. +80%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	60.3 Pts		716 Pts	Insanely faster OC 64-core speed. +1,087%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	53.4 Pts		612 Pts	Insanely faster 64-core speed. +1,046%


Series CPU Architecture	Core	Skylake
Socket Motherboard Socket	LGA775	FCLGA1151
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	HD 530
Launch Date Launch Date	Q3'07	Q3'15
Cache Cache	4 MB L2	8 MB SmartCache
Lithography Lithography	65 nm	14 nm
Recommended Price Recommended Customer Price	N/A	$339.00 - $350.00
Bus Speed Bus Speed	1333 MHz FSB	8 GT/s DMI3
Turbo Boost Tech Intel® Turbo Boost Technology ‡	No	2.0
Hyper-Threading Tech Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡	No	Yes
AES New Instructions Intel® AES New Instructions	No	Yes
Trusted Execution Tech Intel® Trusted Execution Technology ‡	Yes	No
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The Intel Core2 Duo E6550 is nearly six years old, the equivalent of around 3 processor lifetimes. This great grand daddy of a processor has been included in the group test as a reference. Intel's Core2 Duo range were hugely successful processors and shipped in over 20 different flavours. In terms of real world performance, with a Passmark-S score of 712 points, the E6550 is less than half as fast as the top of the range i7-3770K Ivy Bridge processor. In recent years emphasis has shifted towards server orientated workloads and on that front the i7-3770K offers over six times more processing throughput. ^{[Feb '12 CPUPro]}

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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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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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