| Name: | Intel Core i7-6700 |
| Family: | Intel Core i7 |
| Group: | Intel Core i 6000 |
| Segment: | Desktop / Server |
| Generation: | 6 |
Intel Core i7-6700 Benchmark, Test and specs
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CPU lineage
The Intel Core i7-6700 features 4 processor cores and has the capability to manage 8 threads concurrently. It was released in Q3/2015 and belongs to the 6 generation of the Intel Core i7 series. To use the Intel Core i7-6700, you'll need a motherboard with a LGA 1151 socket.
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
The Intel Core i7-6700 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-6700 is 3.4 GHz and turbo frequency for one core is 4.0 GHz.
| CPU Cores: | 4 |
| Threads: | 8 |
| Cores: | 4x |
| Core architecture: | normal |
| Hyperthreading: | Yes |
| Overclocking: | No |
| Frequency: | 3.4 GHz |
| Turbo Frequency (1 core): | 4.0 GHz |
| Turbo Frequency (all cores): | 3.7 GHz |
Internal Graphics
The Intel Core i7-6700 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i7-6700 uses the Intel HD Graphics 530, which has 192 texture shaders and 24 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
| GPU name: | Intel HD Graphics 530 |
| GPU frequency: | 0.35 GHz |
| GPU (Turbo): | 1.15 GHz |
| Execution units: | 24 |
| Shaders: | 192 |
| Max. GPU Memory: | 32.0 GB |
| Max. displays: | -- |
| Generation: | 9 |
| Direct X: | 12 |
| Technology: | 14 nm |
| Release date: | Q3/2015 |
Hardware codec support
A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
| h265 / HEVC (8 bit): | Decode / Encode |
| h265 / HEVC (10 bit): | Decode |
| h264: | Decode / Encode |
| VP8: | Decode / Encode |
| VP9: | Decode |
| AV1: | No |
| AVC: | Decode / Encode |
| VC-1: | Decode |
| JPEG: | Decode / Encode |
Memory & PCIe
The processor supports a maximum memory capacity of 64.0 GB distributed across 2 memory channels. It offers a peak memory bandwidth of 34.1 GB/s. Both the type and quantity of memory can have a substantial impact on the overall system performance.
| Memory type: | DDR4-2133 |
| Max. Memory: | 64.0 GB |
| Memory channels: | 2 |
| Bandwidth: | 34.1 GB/s |
| ECC: | No |
| PCIe: | pci |
| AES-NI: | Yes |
Thermal Management
The processor has a thermal design power (TDP) of 65 W watts. TDP indicates the cooling solution needed to effectively manage the processor's heat. It generally provides an approximate indication of the actual power consumption of the CPU itself.
| TDP (PL1 / PBP): | 65 W |
| TDP (PL2): | None |
| TDP up: | None |
| TDP down: | None |
| Tjunction max: | -- |
Technical details
The Intel Core i7-6700 is manufactured using a 14 nm process. A smaller manufacturing process indicates a more contemporary and energy-efficient CPU. In total, this processor boasts a generous 8.0 MB cache. A substantial cache can significantly enhance the processor's performance, particularly in scenarios like gaming.
| Technology: | 14 nm |
| Chip design: | Monolithic |
| Socket: | LGA 1151 |
| L2-Cache: | 0 bytes |
| L3-Cache: | 8.0 MB |
| Architecture: | Skylake S |
| Operating systems: | Windows 10, Linux |
| Virtualization: | VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d |
| Instruction set (ISA): | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions: | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 |
| Release date: | Q3/2015 |
| Release price: | 350 $ |
| Part Number: | -- |
| Documents: | Technical data sheet |
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Benchmarks
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
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Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5
4C 8T @ 3.5 GHz
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15751
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Intel Xeon E3-1230 v6
4C 8T @ 3.5 GHz
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15717
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Intel Core i7-6700
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
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15655
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Intel Core i7-8706G
4C 8T @ 3.1 GHz
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15575
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Intel Core i7-8705G
4C 8T @ 3.1 GHz
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15575
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Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
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AMD Ryzen Embedded V1780B
4C 8T @ 3.35 GHz
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8097
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Intel Xeon E3-1535M v6
4C 8T @ 3.1 GHz
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8093
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Intel Core i7-6700
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
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8086
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Intel Core i5-8259U
4C 8T @ 2.3 GHz
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8061
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Intel Core i7-4790K
4C 8T @ 4.0 GHz
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8058
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Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
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Intel Core i5-8259U
4C 8T @ 2.3 GHz
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4986
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Intel Core i7-4790K
4C 8T @ 4.0 GHz
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4936
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Intel Core i7-6700
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
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4921
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Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
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4832
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AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
4C 8T @ 3.7 GHz
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4810
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Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
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Intel Xeon E3-1275 v5
4C 8T @ 3.6 GHz
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4536
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Intel Xeon E3-1270 v5
4C 8T @ 3.6 GHz
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4536
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Intel Core i7-6700
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
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4519
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Intel Core i7-8700T
6C 12T @ 2.4 GHz
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4514
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Intel Xeon E-2176G
6C 12T @ 3.7 GHz
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4489
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Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
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Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R
8C 8T @ 1.9 GHz
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4026
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Intel Core i7-4930K
6C 12T @ 3.4 GHz
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4021
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Intel Core i7-6700
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
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4009
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Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.5 GHz
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3985
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Intel Core i5-7640X
4C 8T @ 4.0 GHz
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3982
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V-Ray CPU-Render Benchmark
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Intel Core i3-10105F
4C 8T @ 3.7 GHz
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3955
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Intel Core i3-10105
4C 8T @ 3.7 GHz
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3955
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Intel Core i7-6700
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
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3915
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Intel Core i5-1135G7
4C 8T @ 2.4 GHz
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3870
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Intel Core i7-1185G7
4C 8T @ 3.0 GHz
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3812
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
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Intel Core i3-8350K
4C 4T @ 4.0 GHz
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3855
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Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
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3849
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Intel Core i7-6700
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
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3801
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Intel Core i7-1065G7
4C 8T @ 1.3 GHz
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3786
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Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R
8C 8T @ 1.9 GHz
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3786
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CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)
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Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3
6C 12T @ 2.4 GHz
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2115
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Intel Core i5-8500T
6C 6T @ 2.1 GHz
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2103
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Intel Core i7-6700
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
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2094
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Intel Xeon E3-1271 v3
4C 8T @ 3.6 GHz
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2066
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AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
6C 6T @ 2.3 GHz
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2065
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Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
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Intel Core i5-10210U
4C 8T @ 1.6 GHz
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1797
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AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
4C 8T @ 3.6 GHz
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1775
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Intel Core i7-6700
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
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1774
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Intel Core i7-4770K
4C 8T @ 3.5 GHz
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1769
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Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2
15C 30T @ 2.3 GHz
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1765
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Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
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AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
8C 16T @ 3.7 GHz
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1294
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Intel Xeon W-2133
6C 12T @ 3.6 GHz
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1292
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Intel Core i7-6700
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
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1291
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Intel Core i5-9300H
4C 8T @ 2.4 GHz
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1288
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Intel Core i5-9300HF
4C 8T @ 2.4 GHz
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1288
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Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
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Intel Core i3-9100
4C 4T @ 3.6 GHz
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1072
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AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
8C 16T @ 3.7 GHz
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1071
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Intel Core i7-6700
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
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1071
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AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
8C 16T @ 3.7 GHz
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1071
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Intel Core i7-4790K
4C 8T @ 4.0 GHz
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1069
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
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Intel Pentium Gold G5600F
2C 4T @ 3.9 GHz
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983
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Intel Pentium Gold G5600
2C 4T @ 3.9 GHz
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983
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Intel Core i7-6700
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
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983
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Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3
4C 8T @ 3.3 GHz
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983
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Intel Pentium Gold G5600
2C 4T @ 3.9 GHz
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983
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Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
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Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5
4C 8T @ 3.5 GHz
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821
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Intel Core i5-8400H
4C 8T @ 2.5 GHz
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819
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Intel Core i7-6700
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
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816
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Intel Core i5-9500T
6C 6T @ 2.2 GHz
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811
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AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G
4C 8T @ 3.6 GHz
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811
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
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Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.5 GHz
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442
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Intel Core i7-6700K
4C 8T @ 4.0 GHz
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442
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Intel Core i7-6700
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
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442
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Intel Core i5-6600T
4C 4T @ 2.7 GHz
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442
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Intel Core i3-10305
4C 8T @ 3.8 GHz
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442
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Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
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Intel Core i7-3930K
6C 12T @ 3.2 GHz
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427.7
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Intel Core i7-8809G
4C 8T @ 3.1 GHz
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415.8
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Intel Core i7-6700
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
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409.7
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Intel Core i7-4790K
4C 8T @ 4.0 GHz
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407
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AMD EPYC 7702
64C 128T @ 2.0 GHz
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403.9
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Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
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Intel Core i5-8600K
6C 6T @ 3.6 GHz
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406
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
12C 24T @ 3.5 GHz
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406
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Intel Core i7-6700
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
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406
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
12C 24T @ 3.5 GHz
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406
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Intel Core i5-8600K
6C 6T @ 3.6 GHz
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406
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CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)
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AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
8C 16T @ 3.4 GHz
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403
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Intel Core i7-4790
4C 8T @ 3.6 GHz
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403
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Intel Core i7-6700
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
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397
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AMD Ryzen 7 2700
8C 16T @ 3.2 GHz
|
394
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Intel Core i7-4770
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
|
391
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Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
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Intel Pentium Gold G6500
2C 4T @ 4.1 GHz
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171
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Intel Core i5-10500TE
6C 12T @ 2.3 GHz
|
171
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Intel Core i7-6700
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
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171
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Intel Core i3-8350K
4C 4T @ 4.0 GHz
|
171
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Intel Core i7-7567U
2C 4T @ 3.5 GHz
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171
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Blender 3.1 Benchmark
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Intel Core i5-8400B
6C 6T @ 2.8 GHz
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76
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Intel Core i7-11370H
4C 8T @ 3.3 GHz
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75
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Intel Core i7-6700
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
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75
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Intel Core i7-11370H
4C 8T @ 3.3 GHz
|
75
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Intel Core i5-9400
6C 6T @ 2.9 GHz
|
74
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)
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Intel Core i7-6700K
4C 8T @ 4.0 GHz
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41.4
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Intel Core i7-6700T
4C 8T @ 2.8 GHz
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41.4
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Intel Core i7-6700
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
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41.4
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Intel Core i7-6700T
4C 8T @ 2.8 GHz
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41.4
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Intel Core i7-6700K
4C 8T @ 4.0 GHz
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41.4
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
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Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5
4C 8T @ 3.5 GHz
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9.2
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Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5
4C 8T @ 3.5 GHz
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9.2
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Intel Core i7-6700
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
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9.1
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Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3
6C 12T @ 2.4 GHz
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9.1
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Intel Xeon Gold 5122
4C 8T @ 3.6 GHz
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9.1
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
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Intel Xeon E3-1270 v5
4C 8T @ 3.6 GHz
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2.1
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AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
6C 12T @ 3.6 GHz
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2.1
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Intel Core i7-6700
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
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2.1
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AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
6C 12T @ 3.6 GHz
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2.1
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Intel Pentium Gold G5600F
2C 4T @ 3.9 GHz
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2.1
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