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Intel Core i5 7600 Cpu
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Intel Core i7 6700K Cpu
Intel Core i7 6700K
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2 editorial reviews
A good CPU for gaming, and for maintaining the status quo.Read more
Intel's Kaby Lake falls into the comes bearing the tuned 14nm+ process, a revamped graphics engine and a new chipset.Read more
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8 editorial reviews
Intel's Kaby Lake falls into the comes bearing the tuned 14nm+ process, a revamped graphics engine and a new chipset.Read more
A good CPU for gaming, and for maintaining the status quo.Read more
Fast forward to today and we have the official introduction of Intel's 7th-generation desktop processor series. Codenamed 'Kaby Lake', the architecture is said to deliver new levels of performance courtesy of...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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User rating
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4.4 out of 5
39 user ratings
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4.3 out of 5
34 user ratings
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4.3 out of 5
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General

Processor socketLGA 1151LGA 1151LGA 1151
Component forPCPCPC
Operating modes64-bit64-bit64-bit

Processor

Clock speed3.5 GHz3.8 GHz4.0 GHz
Max turbo speed4.1 GHz4.2 GHz4.2 GHz
Number of cores444
Number of threads448
Thermal Design Power (TDP)65.0 W91.0 W91.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in
Bus typeDMI3DMI3DMI2
Idle statesyesyesyes

Integrated Graphics

On-board graphics adapteryesyesyes
TypeIntel HD Graphics 630Intel HD Graphics 630Intel HD Graphics 530
On-board graphics adapter base frequency350.0 MHz350.0 MHz350.0 MHz
On-board graphics adapter DirectX version12.012.012.0

Memory

Cache6 MB6 MB8 MB
Cache typeSmart CacheSmart CacheSmart Cache
Memory clock speeds supported by processor
  • 1333
  • 1600
  • 2133
  • 2400
  • 1333
  • 1600
  • 2133
  • 2400
  • 1600
  • 2133
Maximum internal memory supported by processor64.0 GB64.0 GB64.0 GB
Memory types supported by processor
  • DDR3L SDRAM
  • DDR4 SDRAM
  • DDR3L SDRAM
  • DDR4 SDRAM
  • DDR3L SDRAM
  • DDR4 SDRAM
Memory channelsDualDualDual
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)
N/A
N/A
34.2 GB/s

Thermals

Cooler includedyesnono
Thermal specification212.0 °F212.0 °F
N/A

Features

Thermal monitoring technologiesyesyesyes
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes161616
Supported instruction sets
  • AVX 2.0
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
  • AVX 2.0
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
  • AVX 2.0
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
Execute disable bityesyesyes
Scalability1S1S1S

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