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Intel Core i7-11700 vs Intel Core i7-6800K

Last updated: 2026-07-04

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 i7-11700

Rank 2 - 61 %

Intel Core i7-6800K

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-11700

Rank 2 - 56 %

Intel Core i7-6800K

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

1,545 pts

6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz

949 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 3.80 GHz

14,327 pts

6C / 12T · 3.40 GHz

6,645 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

2,196

6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz

1,267

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 3.80 GHz

9,387

6C / 12T · 3.40 GHz

5,960

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

8C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

1,721

6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz

1,080

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

8C / 16T · 3.80 GHz

9,872

6C / 12T · 3.40 GHz

6,314

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

8C / 16T · 2.50 GHz

5,920

6C / 12T · 3.40 GHz

3,194

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 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

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Monero Hashrate
94 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700	Intel Core i7-6800K
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition (24)
CPU group	Intel Core i 11000 (22)	Intel Core i 6000 (24)
Architecture	Rocket Lake S	Skylake S
Technology	14 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1200	LGA 2011-3
Predecessor	Intel Core i7-10700
Successor	Intel Core i7-12700

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700	Intel Core i7-6800K
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 16	6 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	8x	6x
Frequency:	2.50 GHz	3.40 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.90 GHz	3.60 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.80 GHz
L2-Cache	4.00 MB
L3-Cache	16.00 MB	15.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700	Intel Core i7-6800K
GPU name	Intel UHD Graphics 750	no iGPU
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.30 GHz
CUs / Shader	32 / 256	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3
Max. GPU Memory	64 GB
Technology	14 nm
Release date	Q1/2021

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700	Intel Core i7-6800K
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700	Intel Core i7-6800K
Memory	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	DDR4-2400 (76.8 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	2	4
ECC	No	No
PCIe	4.0 x 20	3.0 x 28
PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s	27.6 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700	Intel Core i7-6800K
TDP	65 W	140 W
TDP (PL2)	224 W @ 56 s
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700	Intel Core i7-6800K
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, AVX-512	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q1/2021	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 i7-11700 is 4.3 stars (34 ratings), while Intel Core i7-6800K has received 4.3 stars (15 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i7-11700
8C / 16T · 2.50 - 4.90 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-6800K
6C / 12T · 3.40 - 3.60 GHz

★★★★★