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Intel Core i7-6700K vs Intel Core i7-14700

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 2 - 52 %

Intel Core i7-6700K

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-14700

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 21 %

Intel Core i7-6700K

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-14700

Cinebench 2026 Single-Thread
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

281 pts

20C / 28T · 5.40 GHz

499 pts

Cinebench 2026 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

1,372 pts

20C / 28T · 5.40 GHz

6,102 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

1,124 pts

20C / 28T · 5.40 GHz

2,109 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

5,640 pts

20C / 28T · 5.30 GHz

33,441 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

1,347

20C / 28T · 5.40 GHz

2,829

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

4,665

20C / 28T · 5.30 GHz

18,873

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

4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

1,151

20C / 28T · 5.40 GHz

2,113

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

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

4,459

20C / 28T · 5.30 GHz

19,394

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 530

442

Intel UHD Graphics 770

820

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

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

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 i7-6700K	Intel Core i7-14700
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	Intel Core i 6000 (24)	Intel Core i 14000 (34)
Architecture	Skylake S	Raptor Lake S Refresh
Technology	14 nm	10 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1151	LGA 1700
Predecessor	Intel Core i7-4770K	Intel Core i7-13700
Successor	Intel Core i7-7700K

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6700K	Intel Core i7-14700
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 8	20 / 28
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	4x 4.00 - 4.20 GHz	8x Raptor Cove 2.10 - 5.40 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		12x Gracemont 1.50 - 4.20 GHz
L2-Cache		28.00 MB
L3-Cache	8.00 MB	33.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6700K	Intel Core i7-14700
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 530	Intel UHD Graphics 770
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.15 GHz	0.30 - 1.60 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	32 / 256
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	32 GB	64 GB
Technology	14 nm	10 nm
Release date	Q3/2015	Q4/2021

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6700K	Intel Core i7-14700
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6700K	Intel Core i7-14700
Memory	DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s) DDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)	DDR5-5600 (89.6 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	64 GB	192 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe	3.0 x 16	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6700K	Intel Core i7-14700
TDP	91 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)		219 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.		100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6700K	Intel Core i7-14700
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release date	Q3/2015	Q1/2024
Release price	420 $	384 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

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Intel Core i7-6700K
4C / 8T · 4.00 - 4.20 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-14700
20C / 28T · 2.10 - 5.40 GHz

★★★★★