Intel Core i7 6700K vs AMD Ryzen 7 8700F

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We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i7 6700K with 4 cores 4.0GHz and AMD Ryzen 7 8700F with 8 cores 4.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core i7 6700K 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

AMD Ryzen 7 8700F 's Advantages

Released 8 years and 8 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-5200 vs DDR4-2133)

Larger memory bandwidth (83.2GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.1GHz vs 4.0GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 8MB)

Lower TDP (65W vs 91W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6700K

1544

AMD Ryzen 7 8700F +75%

2711

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6700K

5265

AMD Ryzen 7 8700F +172%

14364

Intel Core i7 6700K

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AMD Ryzen 7 8700F

General Parameters

Aug 2015

Release Date

Apr 2024

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

-

Skylake

Core Architecture

Phoenix

i7-6700K

Processor Number

-

LGA-1151

Socket

AMD Socket AM5

HD Graphics 530

Integrated Graphics

N/A

-

Generation

Ryzen 7 (Zen 4 (Phoenix))

Package

1.75 billions

Transistor Count

25 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

LGA-1151

Socket

AMD Socket AM5

91 W

Power Consumption

65 W

-

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

178 mm²

-

Package

FC-LGA1718

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

-

8

Performance Core Threads

-

4.0 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.1 GHz

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5 GHz

4

Total Core Count

8

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

40x

Multiplier

41.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

8 MB shared

L3 Cache

16 MB

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

64 GB

Max Memory Size

256 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

34.1 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

83.2 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

1150 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

AI Accelerator

-

NPU

AMD Ryzen™ AI

-

Theoretical performance

16 TOPS

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i7 6700K

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 7 8700F

3.0

PCIe Version

4

16

PCIe Lanes

20

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

Extended Instruction Set

-

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