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AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Cpu
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Intel Core i7 2600 Cpu
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Intel Core i7 6700K Cpu
Intel Core i7 6700K
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4.5 out of 5
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Lower-power, but with the same eight-threaded processing goodnessRead more
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The biggest draw of the Core i7-6700K, Intel's first sixth-generation CPU, isn't the performance. Rather, it's the extra PCIe lanes that come with the supporting Z170 chipset, which may mean storage that's as fast as the processor.Read more
Another quad-core chip? Yup, but this one's a bit differentRead more
While it may not have been apparent due to their dominance in the x86 processor market, Intel has been facing some unique challenges as of late. Their definitive tick / tock cadence of process technology shrinks followed by base architectural changes has been slowing down. 22nm architectures...Read more
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General

Processor socketAM4LGA 1155LGA 1151
Component forPC
N/A
PC
Operating modes
  • 32-bit
  • 64-bit
64-bit64-bit

Processor

Clock speed3.4 GHz3.4 GHz4.0 GHz
Max turbo speed3.9 GHz3.8 GHz4.2 GHz
Number of cores644
Number of threads1288
Thermal Design Power (TDP)65.0 W95.0 W91.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in
Bus type
N/A
DMIDMI2
Idle states
N/A
yesyes

Integrated Graphics

On-board graphics adapternoyesyes
TypeNot availableIntel HD Graphics 2000Intel HD Graphics 530
On-board graphics adapter base frequency
N/A
850.0 MHz350.0 MHz
On-board graphics adapter DirectX version
N/A
N/A
12.0

Memory

Cache16 MB8 MB8 MB
Cache typeL3L3Smart Cache
Memory clock speeds supported by processor2933.0 MHz
N/A
  • 1600
  • 2133
Memory types supported by processorDDR4 SDRAM
N/A
  • DDR3L SDRAM
  • DDR4 SDRAM
Memory channelsDual
N/A
Dual
Maximum internal memory supported by processor
N/A
32.0 GB64.0 GB
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)
N/A
21.0 GB/s34.2 GB/s

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