UserBenchmark: Intel Core i7-6800K vs i7-9700K

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Best Bench: 90% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 71% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg)

Poor: 71% Great: 90%

SPEED RANK: 221^st / 1442

Gaming 81%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 71%

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Best Bench: 105% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 5.2 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 82% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)

Poor: 82% Great: 105%

SPEED RANK: 98^th / 1442

Gaming 97%

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Desktop 97%

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Workstation 89%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		80.9 %			96.9 %	Faster effective speed. +20%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	86 Pts	90.9 Pts	Slightly lower memory latency. +6%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	107 Pts	140 Pts	Much faster single-core speed. +31%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	214 Pts	279 Pts	Much faster dual-core speed. +30%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	408 Pts	552 Pts	Much faster quad-core speed. +35%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	660 Pts	964 Pts	Much faster octa-core speed. +46%


Memory OC Memory Latency	94.9 Pts	96.6 Pts	+2%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	124 Pts	155 Pts	Faster OC single-core speed. +25%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	248 Pts	309 Pts	Faster OC dual-core speed. +25%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	483 Pts	618 Pts	Faster OC quad-core speed. +28%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	770 Pts	1123 Pts	Much faster OC octa-core speed. +46%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.1 %		2.27 %	Insanely higher market share. +2,170%
Value Value For Money	106 %	Slightly better value. +6%	99.8 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	65 %		92 %	Much more popular. +42%
Price Price (score)	$103	Much cheaper. +59%	$249


Age Newest	94 Months		65 Months	Much more recent. +31%
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watts		95 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +32%
Cores CPU Processing Cores	6 cores		8 cores	Much higher core count. +33%
Threads CPU Processing Threads	12 threads	Much higher thread count. +50%	8 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	14 nm		14 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.4 GHz		3.6 GHz	Slightly faster base frequency. +6%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	3.8 GHz		4.9 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +29%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	956 Pts		1145 Pts	Faster OC 64-core speed. +20%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	827 Pts		1001 Pts	Faster 64-core speed. +21%


Series CPU Architecture	Broadwell-E	Coffee Lake
Socket Motherboard Socket	LGA2011-V3	FCLGA1151
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	UHD 630
Launch Date Launch Date	Q2'16	Q4'18
Cache Cache	15 MB	12 MB SmartCache
Recommended Price Recommended Customer Price	N/A	$374.00 - $385.00
Max Turbo Frequency Max Turbo Frequency	3.8 GHz	4.90 GHz
Max Memory Size Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)	128 GB	64 GB
Memory Types Memory Types	DDR4 2400/2133	DDR4-2666
Memory Channels Max # of Memory Channels	4	2
Processor Graphics Processor Graphics ‡	None	Intel® UHD Graphics 630
Hyper-Threading Tech Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡	Yes	No
Trusted Execution Tech Intel® Trusted Execution Technology ‡	No	Yes
Max # of PCI Express Lanes Max # of PCI Express Lanes	28	16
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The Core i7-6800K is the weakest of four new 14 nm Broadwell-E prosumer CPUs. This model has six cores with base and turbo frequencies of 3.4 and 3.8 GHz, a TDP of 140 watts and 28 PCIe 3.0 lanes. The 6800K closely matches, and supersedes, the very popular Haswell-E 5820K. Because of its MSRP of around $500, this CPU only makes sense for niche use cases which include graphics design, video production or multi GPU gaming. Comparing the 6800K and 6700K shows that for typical desktop use, at stock clocks, the 6800K actually lags the 6700K by around 10%. This is because desktop computing largely depends on single core performance and the Skylake i7-6700K is both clocked higher (Base clock 4.0 GHz vs 3.4 GHz) and has higher IPC due to its one generation lead over the 6800K. If the 6800K proves to be a capable overclocker then it may challenge the 6700K on a range of core-heavy use cases, time will tell. ^{[Jun '16 CPUPro]}

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Intel’s Core i7-9700K is an unlocked 9th generation Coffee Lake CPU. It is an 8 core, 8 thread processor. The 9700K features 12 MB of cache, a 95W TDP and Intel UHD 630 graphics. Like the other 9th generation chips, it is compatible with Intel’s new Z390 chipset as well as last years Z370 chipset (with an updated BIOS). The 9700K has stock base / boost clocks of 3.6 / 4.6 GHz and a single core boost of 4.9 GHz (compared to 3.6, 4.7 and 5.0 GHz for the flagship 9900K). This translates to almost identical single, quad and octa core performance between the 9900K and 9700K. Mainstream PC games do not benefit from more than six threads, so at $350 (25% cheaper than the 9900K), the 9700K offers far better value for money to gamers. That said gamers have very little reason not to consider the i5-9600K which, when overclocked, offers almost equivalent performance at a 35% discount. ^{[Oct '18 CPUPro]}

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