Intel Core i7-6900K: CPU Specs and Performance, Benchmarks
The Intel Core i7-6900K is a 8-core and 16-thread processor configuration with a base clock speed of 3200 MHz. The CPU specifications and performance tests (benchmarks) are listed below.
Performance (Benchmarks)
- Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score
- 985
- Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score
- 7691
- PassMark CPU Mark Rating
- 13961
- PassMark Single Thread Rating
- 2374
- 3DMark Time Spy Physics Score
- 8848
Processor Specs
- Processor
- Intel Core i7-6900K
- Frequency
- 3200 MHz
- Maximum Frequency
- 3700 MHz
- Cores
- 8
- Threads
- 16
- TDP
- 140 W
- Codename
- Broadwell-E
- Package
- FCLGA2011-3

Geekbench 5 Benchmark
- Single-Core Score
- 976
- Multi-Core Score
- 7918
- Benchmark
- Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)
System Information
- Operating System
- Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS
- Model
- N/A
- Motherboard
- N/A
CPU Specifications
- Name
- Intel Core i7-6900K
- Topology
- 1 Processor, 8 Cores, 16 Threads
- Identifier
- GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 79 Stepping 1
- Base Frequency
- 3.26 GHz
- L1 Instruction Cache
- 32.0 KB x 8
- L1 Data Cache
- 32.0 KB x 8
- L2 Cache
- 256 KB x 8
- L3 Cache
- 20.0 MB x 1
Memory Information
- Size
- 50.13 GB
Geekbench 5 result (single)
| Single-Core Score | 976 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 1080 |
| Integer Score | 943 |
| Floating Point Score | 1029 |
| AES-XTS | 1080 1.84 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 972 4.92 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 1092 51.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 913 2.57 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 1060 1.24 MElements/sec |
| SQLite | 888 278.1 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 982 53.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 771 245.8 KB/sec |
| Clang | 904 7.04 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 941 10.9 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 728 911.1 Kpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 1141 7071.1 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 723 39.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 959 7.38 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 1029 25.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 1673 82.1 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 2117 28.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 1014 814.3 Kpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 976 8.74 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 887 28.3 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 744 28.8 images/sec |
Geekbench 5 result (multi)
| Multi-Core Score | 7918 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 8070 |
| Integer Score | 7762 |
| Floating Point Score | 8230 |
| AES-XTS | 8070 13.8 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 8731 44.2 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 10290 486.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 5641 15.9 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 7252 8.52 MElements/sec |
| SQLite | 8403 2.63 Mrows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 8895 482.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 5944 1.85 MB/sec |
| Clang | 8766 68.3 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 7143 82.8 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 5511 6.90 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 11424 70774.8 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 6458 355.0 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 9121 70.2 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 9425 232.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 11437 561.1 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 17677 240.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 10689 8.58 Mpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 7990 71.6 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 5145 164.5 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 3777 145.9 images/sec |