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IntelBX80662I76700K
AMD

4 Cores, 8 Threads @4.0GHz, Skylake.
Release date: Q3 2015.

4 Cores, 8 Threads.
Release date ≤ Q2 2014.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 638,745 user samples
588,978 User Benchmarks
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: 243rd / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 81%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
49,767 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 64% Base clock 4.5 GHz
Worst Bench: 48% Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg)
Poor: 48% Great: 64%
SPEED RANK: 648th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 58%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 60%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 44%
Speed boat
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
80.8 % Much faster effective speed.
+40%
57.6 %
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
88.6 Pts Lower memory latency.
+10%
80.3 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
119 Pts Hugely faster single-core speed.
+103%
58.5 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
224 Pts Hugely faster dual-core speed.
+107%
108 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
395 Pts Hugely faster quad-core speed.
+107%
191 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
597 Pts Hugely faster octa-core speed.
+104%
292 Pts
Memory
OC Memory Latency
95.9 Pts Slightly lower OC memory latency.
+6%
90.1 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
137 Pts Hugely faster OC single-core speed.
+95%
70.3 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
258 Pts Hugely faster OC dual-core speed.
+98%
130 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
459 Pts Hugely faster OC quad-core speed.
+100%
229 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
696 Pts Hugely faster OC octa-core speed.
+96%
355 Pts
Market Share
Based on 69,023,515 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.79 % Insanely higher market share.
+7,800%
0.01 %
Value
Value For Money
100 % Much better value.
+51%
66.1 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
79 % Much more popular.
+44%
55 %
Price
Price (score)
$127 Cheaper.
+24%
$168
Age
Newest
111 Months More recent.
+13%
127+ Months
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
716 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+92%
373 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
612 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+104%
300 Pts

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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Right now it is outdated so much, but if you find super cheap one why not using it. Also even little overclocking helps a lot. [Apr '22 leonkennedy35]

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