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Intel Core i7-6900K vs Intel Core i7-10700TE

Last updated: 2026-06-03

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 88 %

Intel Core i7-6900K

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-10700TE

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-6900K

Rank 2 - 87 %

Intel Core i7-10700TE

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 3.70 GHz

1,254

8C / 16T · 4.40 GHz

1,515

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 3.20 GHz

7,471

8C / 16T · 2.00 GHz

6,749

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

8C / 16T · 3.70 GHz

1,086

8C / 16T · 4.40 GHz

1,177

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

8C / 16T · 3.20 GHz

7,651

8C / 16T · 2.00 GHz

6,234

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 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

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6900K	Intel Core i7-10700TE
Family	Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition (24)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	Intel Core i 6000 (24)	Intel Core i 10000 (43)
Architecture	Skylake S	Comet Lake S
Technology	14 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 2011-3	LGA 1200
Predecessor		Intel Core i7-9700TE
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6900K	Intel Core i7-10700TE
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 16	8 / 16
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	8x	8x
Frequency:	3.20 GHz	2.00 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	3.70 GHz	4.40 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	20.00 MB	16.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6900K	Intel Core i7-10700TE
GPU name	no iGPU	Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU frequency		0.35 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader	/	24 / 192
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays		3
Max. GPU Memory		64 GB
Technology		14 nm
Release date		Q4/2017

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6900K	Intel Core i7-10700TE
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6900K	Intel Core i7-10700TE
Memory	DDR4-2400 (76.8 GB/s)	DDR4-2933 (46.9 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	4	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 40	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6900K	Intel Core i7-10700TE
TDP	140 W	35 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.		100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6900K	Intel Core i7-10700TE
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
Release date	Q2/2016	Q2/2020
Release price		330 $
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 i7-6900K is 4.4 stars (9 ratings), while Intel Core i7-10700TE has received 5.0 stars (2 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i7-6900K
8C / 16T · 3.20 - 3.70 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-10700TE
8C / 16T · 2.00 - 4.40 GHz

★★★★★