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Intel Core i7-6700 vs Intel Core i7-6600U

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 i7-6700

Rank 2 - 84 %

Intel Core i7-6600U

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-6700

Rank 2 - 43 %

Intel Core i7-6600U

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

1,291

2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

1,092

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.70 GHz

4,009

2C / 4T · 3.00 GHz

1,937

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

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

983

2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

820

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

4C / 8T · 3.70 GHz

3,801

2C / 4T · 3.00 GHz

1,513

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 530

442

Intel HD Graphics 520

403

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

4C / 8T · 3.40 GHz

2,094

2C / 4T · 2.60 GHz

898

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

171 cb

2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

144 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.70 GHz

816 cb

2C / 4T · 3.00 GHz

323 cb

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

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 i7-6700	Intel Core i7-6600U
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	Intel Core i 6000 (24)	Intel Core i 6000U (20)
Architecture	Skylake S	Skylake U
Technology	14 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Notebook
Socket	LGA 1151	BGA 1356
Predecessor		Intel Core i7-5600U
Successor	Intel Core i7-7700	Intel Core i7-7600U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6700	Intel Core i7-6600U
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 8	2 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x	2x
Frequency:	3.40 GHz	2.60 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.00 GHz	3.40 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.70 GHz	3.00 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	8.00 MB	4.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6700	Intel Core i7-6600U
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 530	Intel HD Graphics 520
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.15 GHz	0.30 - 1.05 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	24 / 192
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	32 GB	32 GB
Technology	14 nm	14 nm
Release date	Q3/2015	Q3/2015

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6700	Intel Core i7-6600U
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6700	Intel Core i7-6600U
Memory	DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)	DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s) LPDDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)
Max. Memory	64 GB	32 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 16	3.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6700	Intel Core i7-6600U
TDP	65 W	15 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up		25 W
TDP down		7.5 W
T. junction max.		100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6700	Intel Core i7-6600U
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, 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	Q3/2015	Q3/2015
Release price	350 $	393 $
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 i7-6700 is 4.0 stars (86 ratings), while Intel Core i7-6600U has received 3.9 stars (25 ratings).

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

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-6600U
2C / 4T · 2.60 - 3.40 GHz

★★★★★