Intel Core i7-6850K: CPU Specs and Performance, Benchmarks
The Intel Core i7-6850K is a 6-core and 12-thread processor configuration with a base clock speed of 3600 MHz. The CPU specifications and performance tests (benchmarks) are listed below.
Performance (Benchmarks)
- Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score
- 990
- Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score
- 5776
- PassMark CPU Mark Rating
- 11295
- PassMark Single Thread Rating
- 2415
- 3DMark Time Spy Physics Score
- 6393
Processor Specs
- Processor
- Intel Core i7-6850K
- Frequency
- 3600 MHz
- Maximum Frequency
- 3800 MHz
- Cores
- 6
- Threads
- 12
- TDP
- 140 W
- Codename
- Broadwell E
- Package
- FCLGA2011-3

Geekbench 5 Benchmark
- Single-Core Score
- 1003
- Multi-Core Score
- 6327
- Benchmark
- Geekbench 5.4.0 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)
System Information
- Operating System
- Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
- Model
- ASUS All Series
- Motherboard
- ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. X99-E WS/USB 3.1
- Power Plan
- Balanced
CPU Specifications
- Name
- Intel Core i7-6850K
- Topology
- 1 Processor, 6 Cores, 12 Threads
- Identifier
- GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 79 Stepping 1
- Base Frequency
- 3.60 GHz
- Maximum Frequency
- 3.80 GHz
- Package
- Socket 2011 LGA
- Codename
- Broadwell-E/EP
- L1 Instruction Cache
- 32.0 KB x 6
- L1 Data Cache
- 32.0 KB x 6
- L2 Cache
- 256 KB x 6
- L3 Cache
- 15.0 MB x 1
Memory Information
- Size
- 128.00 GB
- Frequency
- 1599 MHz
- Type
- DDR4 SDRAM
- Channels
- 4
Geekbench 5 result (single)
| Single-Core Score | 1003 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 1389 |
| Integer Score | 949 |
| Floating Point Score | 1056 |
| AES-XTS | 1389 2.37 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 1065 5.39 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 1122 53.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 938 2.65 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 876 1.03 MElements/sec |
| SQLite | 948 296.9 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 938 50.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 928 295.6 KB/sec |
| Clang | 933 7.27 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 827 9.59 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 947 1.19 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 988 6122.8 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 815 44.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 854 6.58 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 946 23.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 1636 80.2 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 1858 25.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 1215 975.5 Kpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 848 7.60 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 1048 33.5 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 901 34.8 images/sec |
Geekbench 5 result (multi)
| Multi-Core Score | 6327 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 7421 |
| Integer Score | 6056 |
| Floating Point Score | 6733 |
| AES-XTS | 7421 12.6 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 7059 35.7 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 7716 365.0 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 5563 15.7 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 4961 5.82 MElements/sec |
| SQLite | 5686 1.78 Mrows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 6721 364.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 5520 1.72 MB/sec |
| Clang | 6541 51.0 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 5284 61.2 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 5905 7.39 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 7914 49030.5 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 5239 288.0 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 6206 47.8 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 6883 169.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 9697 475.7 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 12225 166.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 8448 6.78 Mpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 5652 50.6 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 5154 164.8 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 4228 163.4 images/sec |