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Benchmarks for the Intel Core i7-6900K can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.
Is the Intel Core i7-6900K @ 3.20GHz Good for Gaming?
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Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: FCLGA2011-3
Clockspeed: 3.2 GHz
Turbo Speed: 4.0 GHz
Cores: 8 Threads: 16
Typical TDP: 140 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 8 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 8 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 8 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 20 MB
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6900K CPU @ 3.20GHz, Intel Core i7-6900K CPU @ 3.20GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2016
CPUmark/$Price: 64.45
Overall Rank:
1067th fastest in multithreading out of 5149 CPUs
1179th fastest in single threading out of 5149 CPUs
347th fastest in out of 1449 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $225.00 USD (2025-06-04)
Integer Math | 51,200 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 33,405 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 65 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 28,389 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 4,108 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 223,483 KBytes/Sec |
Physics | 1,091 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 14,381 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 2,326 MOps/Sec |
Merchant | Price | Purchase |
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![]() | $225.00 USD | Buy Now! |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,662 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,302 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,018 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,152 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,861 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,483 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,166 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,705 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,649 | |
Intel Core i7-6900K @ 3.20GHz | 14,501 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,145 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
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AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 227.01 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 186.44 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 168.81 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 152.50 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 136.19 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 128.37 | |
Intel Core i7-6900K @ 3.20GHz | 64.45 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 49.23 | |
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 | |
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Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,610 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,139 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,900 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,837 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,680 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,477 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,469 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,364 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,921 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,563 | |
Intel Core i7-6900K @ 3.20GHz | 2,326 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL2687093 - Jun 10 2025 | 15971 | |
BL2687034 - Jun 10 2025 | 15708 | |
BL2677271 - Jun 06 2025 | 13090 | |
BL2653364 - May 26 2025 | 16158 | |
BL2643757 - May 22 2025 | 15409 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i7-6900K @ 3.20GHz | 14,501 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs Intel Core i7-6900K | 17,484 (+20.6%) | |
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X vs Intel Core i7-6900K | 16,804 (+15.9%) | |
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X vs Intel Core i7-6900K | 16,328 (+12.6%) | |
Intel Core i7-10700F @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Core i7-6900K | 16,274 (+12.2%) | |
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 vs Intel Core i7-6900K | 14,798 (+2.0%) | |
Intel Core i7-8700K @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Core i7-6900K | 13,579 (-6.4%) | |
Intel Core i7-8700 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Core i7-6900K | 12,765 (-12.0%) | |
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs Intel Core i7-6900K | 15,667 (+8.0%) | |
Intel Core i5-10600K @ 4.10GHz vs Intel Core i7-6900K | 14,283 (-1.5%) | |
Intel Core i5-10500 @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i7-6900K | 13,215 (-8.9%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Intel Core i7-6900K | 13,032 (-10.1%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs Intel Core i7-6900K | 12,271 (-15.4%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
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AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,499 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,153 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,305 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,842 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,587 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,486 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,277 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,806 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,768 | |
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,656 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,518 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,493 | |
Intel Core i7-6900K @ 3.20GHz | 2,207 |