Name: Core i7 6700K
Brand: Intel
SKU: 415967
Rating: 4.3 (37 reviews)

4.5

based on all reviews

Consumer ratings:

4.7 / 5

looks like an impressive package
fast and agile
BIOS is easy to navigate

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you are limited by the GPU
not the CPU

Processor socket: LGA 1151
Clock speed: 4 GHz
Number of cores: 4
Number of threads: 8
Thermal design power (tdp): 91 W
Processor lithography: 14 nm
Cache: 8 MB
Cache type: Smart Cache

Intel Core i7 6700K - Pros & Cons

looks like an impressive package
fast and agile
BIOS is easy to navigate
produces precise and accurate results
interesting combination of good and spectacular results
high-end performance and a reasonable price

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you are limited by the GPU
not the CPU
CPU-bound can cause a lot of stutter
No onboard power/reset buttons - a problem
lack of a test chip
higher-performance on-chip GPU commands more power
6MB of Smart Cache in the place of a full
renders a high definition scene
the OpenCL support structure in many applications is either missing entirely or broken
It may not display this or other websites correctly
GPU acceleration has been disabled
doesn't take desktop number crunching to a whole new level
silliness like dumbed down chip packaging and cooling
encoding doesn't exactly push a modern CPU to its limits
taxes only a single CPU core
not fully threaded to make use of all available cores
availability to 20 lanes
topped out speed will overcome the number of cores
Intel chips only really allowed tweaking of the multiplier

Intel Core i7 6700K - Technical Overview

	Poor	Average	Good	Excellent
Processor lithography	14 nm Best: HP AMD EPYC 7702 Processor lithography: 7 nm
Number of cores	4 Best: Intel Xeon Phi Coprocessor 7290 Number of cores: 72
Clock speed	4 GHz Best: AMD FX 9590 Clock speed: 4.7 GHz
Max turbo speed	4.2 GHz Best: Cisco Intel Xeon E5-2609 Max turbo speed: 24 GHz

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Intel Core i7 6700K - Full Specifications

Processor socket	LGA 1151
Component for	PC
Operating modes	64-bit

On-board graphics adapter	yes
Type	Intel HD Graphics 530
On-board graphics adapter base frequency	350.0 MHz
On-board graphics adapter DirectX version	12.0

Cooler included	no

Clock speed	4.0 GHz
Max turbo speed	4.2 GHz
Number of cores	4
Number of threads	8
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	91.0 W
Processor lithography	0.0 in
Bus type	DMI2
Idle states	yes

Cache	8 MB
Cache type	Smart Cache
Memory clock speeds supported by processor	1600 2133
Maximum internal memory supported by processor	64.0 GB
Memory types supported by processor	DDR3L SDRAM DDR4 SDRAM
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)	34.2 GB/s
Memory channels	Dual

Thermal monitoring technologies	yes
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes	16
Supported instruction sets	AVX 2.0 SSE4.1 SSE4.2
Execute disable bit	yes
Scalability	1S

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Intel Core i7 6700K Intel - Editorial Reviews (8)

4.4

Based on 8 reviews

Intel Core i7 6700K The Intel 6th Gen Skylake Review: Core i7-6700K and i5-6600K Tested

anandtech.com

Published: 05.08.2015

The Intel 6th Gen Skylake Review: Core i7-6700K and i5-6600K Tested

Intel Core i7 6700K Intel Core i7-6700K Review

PCMAG

Published: 05.08.2015

Intel Core i7-6700K Review

4.0

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.

Intel Core i7 6700K Core i7 6700K processor review: Desktop Skylake

Guru3D.com

Published: 08.05.2015

Core i7 6700K processor review: Desktop Skylake

We review the Skylake Intel Core i7 6700K flagship quad-core processor fabbed at a 14nm node. This little puppy is fast, agile and in full attack mode - but will it be worth an upgrade over the previo... Skylake: Core i7-6700K Review

TechRadar

Published: 05.08.2015

Intel Core i7-6700K review

Another quad-core chip? Yup, but this one's a bit different

Intel Core i7 6700K The Intel i7-6700K Review; Skylake Arrives

Hardware Canucks

Published: 05.08.2015

The Intel i7-6700K Review; Skylake Arrives

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...