Technical Specifications
Performance
| Total Cores | 4 |
|---|---|
| L3 Cache | 8MB (shared) |
| L2 Cache | 256K (per core) |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) |
Graphics
| Integrated GPU | HD Graphics 530 |
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Technical
| Vendor | Intel |
|---|---|
| Released | August 5, 2015 |
Other Specifications
| File compression | 428.4 MB/sec |
|---|---|
| Clang compilation | 35.7 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 116.8 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 168.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 152.1 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 28 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 50.9 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 6.53 Mpixels/sec |
| Integer math | 28.2 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 17.4 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 30M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 15.8M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 3.1 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 125.6 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 637 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 8.3B Matrices/sec |
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 0.6 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 55.7 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 98.1 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 0.9 PPW |
| Type | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 |
| Codename | Skylake |
| Model number | i7-6700K |
| P-Cores | 4 |
| P-Threads | 8 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 4.0 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.2 GHz |
| Total Threads | 8 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 40x |
| Bus Bandwidth | 8 GT/s |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes |
| Transistors | 1.75 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 14 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 91 W |
| Socket | LGA-1151 |
| Integrated Graphics | Intel HD Graphics 530 |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1150 MHz |
| Memory Types |
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| Max. Memory Size | 64 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 34.1 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No |
| Official Site | Intel Core i7 6700K official page |
| PCI Express Version | 3.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 16 |