Intel Core i7-7820X vs Intel Core i7-6900K

What is the difference between Intel Core i7-7820X and Intel Core i7-6900K. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

1104Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score985
8386Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score7691
17332PassMark CPU Mark Rating13961
2539PassMark Single Thread Rating2374
94393DMark Time Spy Physics Score8848

Processor Specs

Intel Core i7-7820XProcessorIntel Core i7-6900K
3600 MHzFrequency3200 MHz
4300 MHzMaximum Frequency3700 MHz
8Cores8
16Threads16
140 WTDP140 W
Skylake-E/EPCodenameBroadwell-E
FCLGA2066PackageFCLGA2011-3

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

1096Single-Core Score976
8094Multi-Core Score7918
Geekbench 5.1.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Home (64-bit)Operating SystemUbuntu 20.04.2 LTS
System manufacturer System Product NameModelN/A
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. PRIME X299-DELUXE IIMotherboardN/A
BalancedPower Plan

CPU Specifications

Intel Core i7-7820XNameIntel Core i7-6900K
1 Processor, 8 Cores, 16 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 8 Cores, 16 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 85 Stepping 4IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 79 Stepping 1
3.60 GHzBase Frequency3.26 GHz
4.30 GHzMaximum Frequency
Socket 2066 LGAPackage
Skylake-XCodename
32.0 KB x 8L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 8
32.0 KB x 8L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 8
1.00 MB x 8L2 Cache256 KB x 8
11.0 MB x 1L3 Cache20.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

32.00 GBSize50.13 GB
1603 MHzFrequency
DDR4 SDRAMType
4Channels

Geekbench 5 result (single)

1096Single-Core Score976
1499Crypto Score1080
1042Integer Score943
1145Floating Point Score 1029
1499
2.55 GB/sec
AES-XTS1080
1.84 GB/sec
1034
5.23 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)972
4.92 MB/sec
1243
58.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression1092
51.7 Mpixels/sec
889
2.51 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)913
2.57 MTE/sec
988
1.16 MElements/sec
HTML51060
1.24 MElements/sec
1007
315.6 Krows/sec
SQLite888
278.1 Krows/sec
1070
58.1 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering982
53.3 Mpixels/sec
1036
329.9 KB/sec
Text Rendering771
245.8 KB/sec
1120
8.73 Klines/sec
Clang904
7.04 Klines/sec
1027
11.9 images/sec
Camera941
10.9 images/sec
1043
1.31 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics728
911.1 Kpairs/sec
1127
6980.9 FPS
Rigid Body Physics1141
7071.1 FPS
791
43.5 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur723
39.8 Mpixels/sec
1025
7.89 images/sec
Face Detection959
7.38 images/sec
972
24.0 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection1029
25.4 Mpixels/sec
1610
79.0 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1673
82.1 Mpixels/sec
2098
28.6 Mpixels/sec
HDR2117
28.9 Mpixels/sec
1257
1.01 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing1014
814.3 Kpixels/sec
956
8.57 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion976
8.74 Kpixels/sec
997
31.9 Words/sec
Speech Recognition887
28.3 Words/sec
1181
45.6 images/sec
Machine Learning744
28.8 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

8094Multi-Core Score7918
10572Crypto Score8070
7625Integer Score7762
8698Floating Point Score 8230
10572
18.0 GB/sec
AES-XTS8070
13.8 GB/sec
8706
44.0 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)8731
44.2 MB/sec
10827
512.2 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression10290
486.8 Mpixels/sec
5531
15.6 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)5641
15.9 MTE/sec
6394
7.51 MElements/sec
HTML57252
8.52 MElements/sec
7915
2.48 Mrows/sec
SQLite8403
2.63 Mrows/sec
7355
399.2 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering8895
482.7 Mpixels/sec
6537
2.03 MB/sec
Text Rendering5944
1.85 MB/sec
9131
71.1 Klines/sec
Clang8766
68.3 Klines/sec
7525
87.2 images/sec
Camera7143
82.8 images/sec
7353
9.20 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics5511
6.90 Mpairs/sec
8946
55425.7 FPS
Rigid Body Physics11424
70774.8 FPS
7639
419.9 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur6458
355.0 Mpixels/sec
8070
62.1 images/sec
Face Detection9121
70.2 images/sec
8576
211.4 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection9425
232.3 Mpixels/sec
12602
618.2 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting11437
561.1 Mpixels/sec
17415
237.3 Mpixels/sec
HDR17677
240.9 Mpixels/sec
12355
9.92 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing10689
8.58 Mpixels/sec
8046
72.1 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion7990
71.6 Kpixels/sec
6125
195.8 Words/sec
Speech Recognition5145
164.5 Words/sec
4639
179.2 images/sec
Machine Learning3777
145.9 images/sec