IntelBX80671I76900K
IntelBX8070110400F

8 Cores, 16 Threads @3.2GHz, Broadwell-E.
Release date: Q2 2016.

6 Cores, 12 Threads @2.9GHz, Comet Lake.
Release date: Q2 2020.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 159,781 user samples
6,755 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 98% Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 76% Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg)
Poor: 76% Great: 98%
SPEED RANK: 171st / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 83%
Aircraft carrier
153,026 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 92% Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 75% Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Poor: 75% Great: 92%
SPEED RANK: 177th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 85%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
85.9 % +1% 85.2 %
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
87.3 Pts 89.6 Pts +3%
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
114 Pts 118 Pts +4%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
228 Pts 230 Pts +1%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
454 Pts +4% 435 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
819 Pts Faster octa-core speed.
+15%
715 Pts
Memory
OC Memory Latency
95.9 Pts 95.9 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
138 Pts Faster OC single-core speed.
+11%
124 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
276 Pts Faster OC dual-core speed.
+12%
246 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
545 Pts Faster OC quad-core speed.
+12%
485 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
985 Pts Faster OC octa-core speed.
+27%
778 Pts
Market Share
Based on 67,713,463 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.02 % 1.62 % Insanely higher market share.
+8,000%
Value
Value For Money
108 % 113 % +5%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
52 % 88 % Much more popular.
+69%
Price
Price (score)
$120 $99 Cheaper.
+18%
Age
Newest
94 Months 47 Months Much more recent.
+50%
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP)
140 Watts 65 Watts Much more energy efficient.
+54%
Cores
CPU Processing Cores
8 cores Much higher core count.
+33%
6 cores
Threads
CPU Processing Threads
16 threads Much higher thread count.
+33%
12 threads
Lithography
Manufacturing process
14 nm 14 nm
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed
3.2 GHz Faster base frequency.
+10%
2.9 GHz
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed
4 GHz 4.3 GHz Slightly faster turbo frequency.
+8%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
1428 Pts Much faster OC 64-core speed.
+46%
978 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
1206 Pts Much faster 64-core speed.
+34%
903 Pts
Series
CPU Architecture
Broadwell-E Comet Lake
Socket
Motherboard Socket
LGA2011-V3 FCLGA1200
Graphics
Integrated Graphics
None None
Launch Date
Launch Date
Q2'16 Q2'20
Cache
Cache
20 MB 12 MB Intel® Smart Cache
Max Turbo Frequency
Max Turbo Frequency
4 GHz 4.30 GHz
Turbo Boost 3.0 Tech
Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 ‡
Yes No
Memory Types
Memory Types
DDR4 2400/2133 DDR4-2666
Memory Channels
Max # of Memory Channels
4 2
Turbo Boost Tech
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology ‡
2.0 2
PCI Express Revision
PCI Express Revision
3.0 3
Max # of PCI Express Lanes
Max # of PCI Express Lanes
40 16

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The Core i7-6900K is one of four new Broadwell-E prosumer CPUs. This model has eight cores with base and turbo frequencies of 3.2 and 4.0 GHz respectively. The 6900K is based on a 14 nm architecture, it has a TDP of 140 watts, 40 PCIe 3.0 lanes and no integrated graphics. Because of its MSRP of $1,100, the 6900K only makes sense for very niche use cases which include top end graphics design and video production. Comparing the 6900K and 6700K shows that for typical desktop use the 6900K only offers a gain of around 12% for a whopping three fold price increase. This is because desktop computing largely depends on single core performance and the Skylake i7-6700K is both clocked higher and has higher IPC due to its one generation lead over the 6900K. That said, as a workstation CPU the 6900K is bested only by the $2,000 flagship ten core 6950X. (6900K vs 6950X[Jun '16 CPUPro]

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The i5-10400F is a six-core hyperthreaded CPU from Intel’s latest Comet Lake series of desktop processors. This 65 W CPU has single core and all core boost frequencies of 4.3 GHz and 4.0 GHz, respectively. Whilst the 10400F will require a new LGA1200 motherboard, such as the Z490, Intel have guaranteed that the next generation of Rocket Lake CPUs will also be compatible with this chipset. The 10400F is aimed at mid-tier gaming PC builds, and as such, ships with a cooler but without integrated graphics. Despite being officially launched in Q2 of 2020, at the time of writing, the 10400F is still not widely available. Compared to the similarly priced Ryzen 5 3600, the 10400F’s lower memory latency gives it the lead in gaming and effective speed benchmarks. Since the Ryzen architecture creates a gaming bottleneck, it is necessary to upgrade to a higher tier, Intel CPU for better gaming performance. On the other hand comparing the i5-10400F and the i3-10100 shows that the 10100 offers comparable gaming performance for 22% less money whilst also including integrated graphics. [Jun '20 CPUPro]

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