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Intel Core i7-10700 vs Intel Core i7-6850K

Last updated: 2026-07-03

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-10700

Rank 2 - 85 %

Intel Core i7-6850K

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-10700

Rank 2 - 72 %

Intel Core i7-6850K

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.80 GHz

1,597

6C / 12T · 3.80 GHz

1,302

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.60 GHz

7,926

6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz

6,214

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.80 GHz

1,267

6C / 12T · 3.80 GHz

1,116

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.60 GHz

8,945

6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz

6,711

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 2.90 GHz

5,353

6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz

3,480

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Monero Hashrate
94 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-10700	Intel Core i7-6850K
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition (24)
CPU group	Intel Core i 10000 (43)	Intel Core i 6000 (24)
Architecture	Comet Lake S	Skylake S
Technology	14 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1200	LGA 2011-3
Predecessor	Intel Core i7-9700
Successor	Intel Core i7-11700

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-10700	Intel Core i7-6850K
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 16	6 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	8x	6x
Frequency:	2.90 GHz	3.60 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.80 GHz	3.80 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.60 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	16.00 MB	15.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-10700	Intel Core i7-6850K
GPU name	Intel UHD Graphics 630	no iGPU
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.20 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3
Max. GPU Memory	64 GB
Technology	14 nm
Release date	Q4/2017

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-10700	Intel Core i7-6850K
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-10700	Intel Core i7-6850K
Memory	DDR4-2933 (46.9 GB/s)	DDR4-2400 (76.8 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	2	4
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 16	3.0 x 40
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-10700	Intel Core i7-6850K
TDP	65 W	140 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-10700	Intel Core i7-6850K
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q2/2020	Q2/2016
Release price	323 $	628 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i7-10700 is 4.2 stars (65 ratings), while Intel Core i7-6850K has received 4.8 stars (6 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i7-10700
8C / 16T · 2.90 - 4.80 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-6850K
6C / 12T · 3.60 - 3.80 GHz

★★★★★