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AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Cpu
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Intel Core i7 6700 Cpu
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Intel Core i7 6700K Cpu
Intel Core i7 6700K
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4.8 out of 5
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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 1151LGA 1151
Component forPCPCPC
Operating modes64-bit64-bit64-bit

Processor

Clock speed3.6 GHz3.4 GHz4.0 GHz
Max turbo speed4.2 GHz4.0 GHz4.2 GHz
Number of cores644
Number of threads1288
Thermal Design Power (TDP)65.0 W65.0 W91.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in
Bus type
N/A
DMI3DMI2
Idle states
N/A
yesyes

Integrated Graphics

On-board graphics adapternoyesyes
TypeNot availableIntel HD Graphics 530Intel HD Graphics 530
On-board graphics adapter base frequency
N/A
350.0 MHz350.0 MHz
On-board graphics adapter DirectX version
N/A
12.012.0

Memory

Cache32 MB8 MB8 MB
Cache typeL3Smart CacheSmart Cache
Memory clock speeds supported by processor3200.0 MHz
  • 1333
  • 1600
  • 1866
  • 2133
  • 1600
  • 2133
Memory types supported by processorDDR4 SDRAM
  • DDR3L SDRAM
  • DDR4 SDRAM
  • DDR3L SDRAM
  • DDR4 SDRAM
Memory channelsDualDualDual
Maximum internal memory supported by processor
N/A
64.0 GB64.0 GB
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)
N/A
34.1 GB/s34.2 GB/s

Features

Maximum number of PCI Express lanes161616
Thermal monitoring technologies
N/A
yesyes
Supported instruction sets
N/A
  • AVX 2.0
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
  • AVX 2.0
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
Execute disable bit
N/A
yesyes
Scalability
N/A
1S1S

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