Intel Core i7-6700K vs AMD EPYC 7713P

Last updated: 2024-04-16

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i7-6700K		AMD EPYC 7713P
CPU comparison Intel Core i7-6700K or AMD EPYC 7713P - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The Intel Core i7-6700K has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.20 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-6700K was released in Q3/2015. The AMD EPYC 7713P has 64 cores with 128 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.68 GHz. The CPU supports up to 4096 GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The AMD EPYC 7713P was released in Q1/2021.

Intel Core i7 (298)	Family	AMD EPYC (129)
Intel Core i 6000 (24)	CPU group	AMD EPYC 7003 (29)
6	Generation	3
Skylake S	Architecture	Milan (Zen 3)
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
Intel Core i7-4770K	Predecessor	--
Intel Core i7-7700K	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Core i7-6700K is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 4.00 GHz (4.20 GHz). The AMD EPYC 7713P has 64 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.00 GHz (3.68 GHz).
Intel Core i7-6700K	Characteristic	AMD EPYC 7713P
4	Cores	64
8	Threads	128
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
Yes	Overclocking ?	No
4.00 GHz	Frequency	2.00 GHz
4.20 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	3.68 GHz
4.00 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	3.00 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
Intel Core i7-6700K	Characteristic	AMD EPYC 7713P
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
Intel HD Graphics 530	GPU	no iGPU
0.35 GHz	GPU frequency	--
1.15 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	--
9	GPU Generation	--
14 nm	Technology
3	Max. displays
24	Compute units	--
192	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
32 GB	Max. GPU Memory	--
12	DirectX Version	--

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
Intel HD Graphics 530	GPU	no iGPU
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
Decode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	No
Decode	Codec VP9	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	No
Decode	Codec VC-1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe The Intel Core i7-6700K supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD EPYC 7713P can connect up to 4096 GB of memory in 8 memory channels.
Intel Core i7-6700K	Characteristic	AMD EPYC 7713P
DDR4-2133, DDR3-1866	Memory	DDR4-3200
64 GB	Max. Memory	4096 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	8 (Octa Channel)
34.1 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	204.8 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	--
8.00 MB	L3 Cache	256.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	4.0
16	PCIe lanes	128
15.8 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	252.0 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Core i7-6700K has a TDP of 91 W, that of the AMD EPYC 7713P is 225 W.
Intel Core i7-6700K	Characteristic	AMD EPYC 7713P
91 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	225 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	240 W
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The Intel Core i7-6700K has a 8.00 MB cache, while the AMD EPYC 7713P cache has a total of 256.00 MB.
Intel Core i7-6700K	Characteristic	AMD EPYC 7713P
14 nm	Technology	7 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
LGA 1151	Socket	SP3
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2015	Release date	Q1/2021
420 $	Release price	5010 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i7-6700K (84%)

AMD EPYC 7713P (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i7-6700K (10%)

AMD EPYC 7713P (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i7-6700K 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	1151 (84%)
	AMD EPYC 7713P 64C 128T @ 3.68 GHz	1365 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i7-6700K 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	4459 (11%)
	AMD EPYC 7713P 64C 128T @ 3.00 GHz	41859 (100%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.


	Intel Core i7-6700K 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	82 (7%)
	AMD EPYC 7713P 64C 128T @ 3.00 GHz	1225 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	Intel Core i7-6700K 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	8955 (11%)
	AMD EPYC 7713P 64C 128T @ 3.00 GHz	83447 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i7-6700K 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	1124 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 7713P 64C 128T @ 3.68 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i7-6700K 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	5640 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 7713P 64C 128T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	Intel Core i7-6700K 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	1347 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 7713P 64C 128T @ 3.68 GHz	0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Intel Core i7-6700K 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	4665 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 7713P 64C 128T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i7-6700K 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	421 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 7713P 64C 128T @ 3.68 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i7-6700K 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	2059 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 7713P 64C 128T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	Intel Core i7-6700K Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.15 GHz	442 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 7713P @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	Intel Core i7-6700K 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	369.3 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 7713P 64C 128T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Core i7-6700K 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	464 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 7713P 64C 128T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Core i7-6700K 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	2313 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 7713P 64C 128T @ 2.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i7-6700K 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	180 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 7713P 64C 128T @ 3.68 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i7-6700K 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	888 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 7713P 64C 128T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Devices using this processor
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