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Intel Core i5 6500 Cpu
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Intel Core i7 6800K Cpu
Intel Core i7 6800K
Editiorial reviews
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3 editorial reviews
When Intel first launched their Skylake processors, buyers’ choices were essentially limited to a pair of options: the i7 6700K and later the i5 6600K. Both boasted features enthusiasts looked for like unlocked multipliers and fast out-of-box performance but they were also priced accordingly...Read more
Though limited to four cores/four threads, the Core i5-6600K is a strong pick for price-conscious performance hounds and future-looking gamers seeking a powerful CPU at a reasonable price.Read more
This review was written before Intel made clear its intentions to lock down on unofficial overclocking on non-K series …Read 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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The least expensive Broadwell-E processor still packs a punch…and a hefty price tag.Read more
We'll get straight to the point: the i7 6800K is the first genuinely affordable HyperThreaded six-core CPU ever made, delivering $1,000 CPU performance for less than half the price.Intel have got the current CPU game sewn up, but our in-depth guide to the new AMD Zen processors is a glimpse into a pRead more
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General

Processor socketLGA 1151LGA 1151LGA 1151LGA 2011-v3
Component forPCPCPCPC
Operating modes
  • 32-bit
  • 64-bit
64-bit64-bit64-bit

Processor

Clock speed3.2 GHz3.4 GHz4.0 GHz3.4 GHz
Max turbo speed3.6 GHz4.0 GHz4.2 GHz3.6 GHz
Number of cores4446
Number of threads48812
Thermal Design Power (TDP)35.0 W65.0 W91.0 W140.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in
Bus typeDMI3DMI3DMI2
N/A
Idle statesyesyesyesyes

Integrated Graphics

On-board graphics adapteryesyesyesno
TypeIntel HD Graphics 530Intel HD Graphics 530Intel HD Graphics 530
N/A
On-board graphics adapter base frequency350.0 MHz350.0 MHz350.0 MHz
N/A
On-board graphics adapter DirectX version12.012.012.0
N/A

Memory

Cache6 MB8 MB8 MB15 MB
Cache typeSmart CacheSmart CacheSmart CacheSmart Cache
Memory clock speeds supported by processor
  • 1333
  • 1600
  • 1866
  • 2133
  • 1333
  • 1600
  • 1866
  • 2133
  • 1600
  • 2133
  • 2133
  • 2400
Maximum internal memory supported by processor64.0 GB64.0 GB64.0 GB128.0 GB
Memory types supported by processor
  • DDR3L SDRAM
  • DDR4 SDRAM
  • DDR3L SDRAM
  • DDR4 SDRAM
  • DDR3L SDRAM
  • DDR4 SDRAM
DDR4 SDRAM
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)34.1 GB/s34.1 GB/s34.2 GB/s
N/A
Memory channelsDualDualDualQuad

Features

Thermal monitoring technologiesyesyesyes
N/A
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes16161628
Supported instruction sets
  • AVX 2.0
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
  • AVX 2.0
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
  • AVX 2.0
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
N/A
Execute disable bityesyesyesyes
Scalability1S1S1S1S

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