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Is the Intel Core i7-6700 @ 3.40GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: LGA 1151
Clockspeed: 3.4 GHz
Turbo Speed: 4.0 GHz
Cores: 4 Threads: 8
Typical TDP: 65 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 8 MB
Memory Support: Max. Memory Size: 64 GB (DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V)
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700 CPU @ 3.40GHz, Intel Core i7-6700 CPU @ 3.40GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2015
CPUmark/$Price: 20.64
Overall Rank:
1697th fastest in multithreading out of 5440 CPUs
1374th fastest in single threading out of 5440 CPUs
499th fastest in out of 1476 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $389.95 USD (2025-02-28)
| Integer Math | 25,659 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 15,843 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 27 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 14,386 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 2,752 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 113,634 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 557 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 7,502 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 2,276 MOps/Sec |
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Lenovo 10MK0038US ThinkCentre M910S Intel Core i7-6700 3.4 GHz Desktop, 8 GB RAM, Windows 7 Pro 64 |
$679.00 (www.amazon.com)
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Dell Optiplex 7040 i7-6700 Quad Core 16GB DDR4 500GB Win10 Mini Tower |
$278.26 (www.amazon.com)
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Dell Optiplex 7040 Business Desktop i7 i7-6700 8GB DDR4 256GB SSD Windows 10 Pro Small Form Factor SFF |
$199.21 (www.amazon.com)
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Dell Optiplex 7040 Business Desktop i7 i7-6700 8GB DDR4 500GB Solid State Hybrid Drive Windows 10 Pro Small Form Factor SFF |
$226.09 (www.amazon.com)
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Dell CRD56 Precision 3420 SFF Workstation PC with Intel Core i7-6700, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD, Black |
$208.70 (www.amazon.com)
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 58,559 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,424 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 38,964 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,151 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,847 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,511 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,118 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,687 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,652 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,147 | |
| Intel Core i7-6700 @ 3.40GHz | 8,047 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 255.77 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 183.61 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 145.33 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 138.16 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 127.58 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 103.41 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 53.77 | |
| Intel Core i7-6700 @ 3.40GHz | 20.64 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 4,697 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,602 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,892 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,834 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,678 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,485 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,468 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,364 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,916 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,561 | |
| Intel Core i7-6700 @ 3.40GHz | 2,276 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL3029816 - Nov 05 2025 | 8719 | |
| BL3029402 - Nov 05 2025 | 8389 | |
| BL3029248 - Nov 05 2025 | 8359 | |
| BL3029245 - Nov 05 2025 | 6576 | |
| BL3028875 - Nov 05 2025 | 7934 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-6700 @ 3.40GHz | 8,047 | |
| AMD FX-8370 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-6700 | 6,180 (-23.2%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3400GE vs Intel Core i7-6700 | 8,825 (+9.7%) | |
| Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.00GHz vs Intel Core i7-6700 | 8,927 (+10.9%) | |
| Intel Core i7-6700T @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Core i7-6700 | 7,001 (-13.0%) | |
| AMD FX-9590 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-6700 | 6,830 (-15.1%) | |
| AMD FX-9370 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-6700 | 6,375 (-20.8%) | |
| AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-6700 | 6,092 (-24.3%) | |
| Intel Core i7-9700TE @ 1.80GHz vs Intel Core i7-6700 | 9,909 (+23.1%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 1400 vs Intel Core i7-6700 | 7,730 (-3.9%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3400G vs Intel Core i7-6700 | 9,202 (+14.3%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 2400G vs Intel Core i7-6700 | 8,731 (+8.5%) | |
| Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Core i7-6700 | 8,401 (+4.4%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,424 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,136 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,258 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,801 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,504 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,498 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,271 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,779 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,614 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,503 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,478 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,432 | |
| Intel Core i7-6700 @ 3.40GHz | 896 |
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