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Intel Core i7-6800K vs Intel Core i7-7700

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 95 %
Intel Core i7-6800K
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-7700
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-6800K
Rank 2 - 74 %
Intel Core i7-7700
Cinebench R23 Single-Core

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i7-6800K
6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz
949 pts
Intel Core i7-7700
4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz
1,114 pts
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i7-6800K
6C / 12T · 3.40 GHz
6,645 pts
Intel Core i7-7700
4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz
5,426 pts
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i7-6800K
6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz
1,267
Intel Core i7-7700
4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz
1,272
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i7-6800K
6C / 12T · 3.40 GHz
5,960
Intel Core i7-7700
4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz
4,284
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i7-6800K
6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz
1,080
Intel Core i7-7700
4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz
1,066
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i7-6800K
6C / 12T · 3.40 GHz
6,314
Intel Core i7-7700
4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz
4,081
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i7-6800K
6C / 12T · 3.40 GHz
3,194
Intel Core i7-7700
4C / 8T · 3.60 GHz
2,266

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i7-6800KIntel Core i7-7700
FamilyIntel Core i7 Extreme Edition (24)Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU groupIntel Core i 6000 (24)Intel Core i 7000 (17)
ArchitectureSkylake SKaby Lake S
Technology14 nm14 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 2011-3LGA 1151
PredecessorIntel Core i7-6700
SuccessorIntel Core i7-8700

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i7-6800KIntel Core i7-7700
CPU Cores / Threads6 / 124 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 6x 4x
Frequency: 3.40 GHz 3.60 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.60 GHz 4.20 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 4.00 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache15.00 MB8.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i7-6800KIntel Core i7-7700
GPU nameno iGPUIntel HD Graphics 630
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader / 24 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays3
Max. GPU Memory64 GB
Technology14 nm
Release dateQ2/2016

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i7-6800KIntel Core i7-7700
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i7-6800KIntel Core i7-7700
MemoryDDR4-2400 (76.8 GB/s)
DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory128 GB64 GB
Memory channels42
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 283.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth27.6 GB/s15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i7-6800KIntel Core i7-7700
TDP140 W65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i7-6800KIntel Core i7-7700
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ2/2016Q1/2017
Release price628 $310 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i7-6800K
Intel Core i7-6800K
6C / 12T · 3.40 - 3.60 GHz
Intel Core i7-7700
Intel Core i7-7700
4C / 8T · 3.60 - 4.20 GHz

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