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Intel Core i7 6850K

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User ratings:
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39 user ratings
5 stars
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4 stars
46 %
3 stars
17 %
2 stars
0 %
1 stars
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Consumer ratings:
3.6 / 5
Editorial reviews:
4
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Cons

  • Xeons are only sold as OEM chips with a limited warranty
  • the price/performance curve goes off in a silly direction
  • There was no sense in buying Intel if you were building a gaming rig

Key specs

  • LGA 2011-v3
  • 3.6 GHz
  • 6
  • 12
  • 140 W
  • 14 nm
  • 15 MB
  • Smart Cache

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Intel Core i7 6850K - Pros & Cons

Intel Core i7 6850K

Cons

  • Xeons are only sold as OEM chips with a limited warranty
  • the price/performance curve goes off in a silly direction
  • There was no sense in buying Intel if you were building a gaming rig
  • have AMD utterly hosed in terms of speed
  • quite double the memory bandwidth
  • the platform as a whole is a bit more expensive
  • less power at idle and in CPU-intensive workloads
  • no room for it

Intel Core i7 6850K - Technical Overview

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IconProcessor lithography
14 nm
Best:
HP AMD EPYC 7702
Processor lithography: 7 nm
IconNumber of cores
6
Best:
IconClock speed
3.6 GHz
Best:
AMD FX 9590
Clock speed: 4.7 GHz
IconMax turbo speed
3.8 GHz
Best:
Cisco Intel Xeon E5-2609
Max turbo speed: 24 GHz

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Intel Core i7 6850K - Full Specifications

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General
Processor socketLGA 2011-v3
Component forPC
Operating modes64-bit
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Integrated graphics
On-board graphics adapterno
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Thermals
Cooler includedno
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Processor
Clock speed3.6 GHz
Max turbo speed3.8 GHz
Number of cores6
Number of threads12
Thermal Design Power (TDP)140.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in
Idle statesyes
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Memory
Cache15 MB
Cache typeSmart Cache
Memory clock speeds supported by processor
  • 2133
  • 2400
Maximum internal memory supported by processor128.0 GB
Memory types supported by processorDDR4 SDRAM
Memory channelsQuad
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Features
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes40
Execute disable bityes
Scalability1S

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