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Intel Core i7-11700F vs Intel Core i7-6700

Last updated: 2026-07-05

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 i7-11700F

Rank 2 - 62 %

Intel Core i7-6700

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-11700F

Rank 2 - 38 %

Intel Core i7-6700

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

90 pts

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

52 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

807 pts

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

284 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

1,545 pts

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

1,071 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 3.80 GHz

14,327 pts

4C / 8T · 3.70 GHz

4,921 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

2,196

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

1,291

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 3.80 GHz

9,387

4C / 8T · 3.70 GHz

4,009

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

589 cb

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

406 cb

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

8C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

1,721

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

983

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 3.80 GHz

5,472 cb

4C / 8T · 3.70 GHz

1,774 cb

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

8C / 16T · 3.80 GHz

9,872

4C / 8T · 3.70 GHz

3,801

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 3.80 GHz

145

4C / 8T · 3.70 GHz

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

8C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

612

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

397

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

8C / 16T · 2.50 GHz

5,837

4C / 8T · 3.40 GHz

2,094

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

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

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

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700F	Intel Core i7-6700
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Intel Core i7 (300)
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 1151
Predecessor	Intel Core i7-10700F
Successor	Intel Core i7-12700F	Intel Core i7-7700

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700F	Intel Core i7-6700
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 16	4 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	8x	4x
Frequency:	2.50 GHz	3.40 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.90 GHz	4.00 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.80 GHz	3.70 GHz
L2-Cache	4.00 MB
L3-Cache	16.00 MB	8.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700F	Intel Core i7-6700
GPU name	no iGPU	Intel HD Graphics 530
GPU frequency		0.35 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader	/	24 / 192
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays		3
Max. GPU Memory		32 GB
Technology		14 nm
Release date		Q3/2015

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700F	Intel Core i7-6700
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700F	Intel Core i7-6700
Memory	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	64 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	4.0 x 20	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700F	Intel Core i7-6700
TDP	65 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)	224 W @ 56 s
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700F	Intel Core i7-6700
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	Q3/2015
Release price	298 $	350 $
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 i7-11700F is 3.6 stars (18 ratings), while Intel Core i7-6700 has received 3.9 stars (85 ratings).

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

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-6700
4C / 8T · 3.40 - 4.00 GHz

★★★★★