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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: 53.93
Overall Rank:
975th fastest in multithreading out of 4984 CPUs
1083rd fastest in single threading out of 4984 CPUs
315th fastest in out of 1409 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $268.09 USD (2025-02-10)
Integer Math | 51,283 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 33,401 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 65 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 28,528 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 4,078 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 223,033 KBytes/Sec |
Physics | 1,087 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 14,320 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 2,326 MOps/Sec |
Merchant | Price | Purchase |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,825 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,389 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,068 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,574 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,110 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,877 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,215 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,725 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,616 | |
Intel Core i7-6900K @ 3.20GHz | 14,459 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,150 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
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AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 198.90 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 190.94 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 145.74 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 144.16 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 131.90 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.53 | |
Intel Core i7-6900K @ 3.20GHz | 53.93 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 52.88 | |
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 | 4,614 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,151 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,024 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,902 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,683 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,470 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,362 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,924 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,565 | |
Intel Core i7-6900K @ 3.20GHz | 2,326 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL2376760 - Jan 29 2025 | 14570 | |
BL2366647 - Jan 25 2025 [Overclocked] | 16613 | |
BL2366305 - Jan 25 2025 | 14366 | |
BL2366304 - Jan 25 2025 | 14377 | |
BL2365696 - Jan 25 2025 [Overclocked] | 16754 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i7-6900K @ 3.20GHz | 14,459 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X vs Intel Core i7-6900K | 16,346 (+13.0%) | |
Intel Core i7-6950X @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i7-6900K | 17,438 (+20.6%) | |
Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i7-6900K | 12,943 (-10.5%) | |
Intel Core i7-10700F @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Core i7-6900K | 16,326 (+12.9%) | |
Intel Core i7-10700 @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Core i7-6900K | 16,302 (+12.7%) | |
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X vs Intel Core i7-6900K | 15,654 (+8.3%) | |
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 vs Intel Core i7-6900K | 14,799 (+2.3%) | |
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs Intel Core i7-6900K | 17,501 (+21.0%) | |
Intel Core i7-8086K @ 4.00GHz vs Intel Core i7-6900K | 14,185 (-1.9%) | |
Intel Core i7-7800X @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i7-6900K | 12,880 (-10.9%) | |
Intel Core i7-6850K @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i7-6900K | 11,425 (-21.0%) | |
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i7-6900K | 14,435 (-0.2%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
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AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,193 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,866 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,636 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,601 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,305 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,844 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,525 | |
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,519 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF | 9,300 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,127 | |
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF | 9,104 | |
Intel Core i9-14900KS | 9,033 | |
Intel Core i7-6900K @ 3.20GHz | 2,202 |