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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i7-14700K outperforms the cheaper Core i7-6900K on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i7-14700K is 2695 days newer than the cheaper Core i7-6900K.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-6900K
- Up to 7% cheaper than Core i7-14700K - €359.0 vs €388.02
Advantages of Intel Core i7-14700K
- Performs up to 50% better in Far Cry 6 than Core i7-6900K - 175 vs 117 FPS
- Up to 28% better value when playing Far Cry 6 than Core i7-6900K - €2.22 vs €3.07 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-6900K - 28 vs 16 threads
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i7-6900K doesn't have integrated graphics
Far Cry 6
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel Core i7-6900K 3,20GHz Boxed CPU
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Core i7-14700K
Desktop • Oct 17th, 2023
FPS
175
100%
Value, €/FPS
€2.22/FPS
100%
Price, €
€388.02
92%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i7-14700K Desktop Processor 20 cores (8 P-cores + 12 E-cores) up to 5.6 GHz
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i7-6900K
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
Core i7-14700K
Desktop • Oct 17th, 2023
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-6900K | vs | Intel Core i7-14700K |
|---|---|---|
| May 31st, 2016 | Release Date | Oct 17th, 2023 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Broadwell-E | Codename | Raptor Lake |
| Intel Socket 2011-3 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 8 | Cores | 20 |
| 16 | Threads | 28 |
| 3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.4 GHz |
| 3.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.6 GHz |
| 140 W | TDP | Not Available |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
| 32.0x | Multiplier | 34.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 770 |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i7-6900K or Core i7-14700K
Far Cry 6, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
163 FPS
€13.99/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
Core i7-14700K
32 GB, N/A Storage
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163 FPS
€15.94/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
Core i7-14700K
64 GB, N/A Storage
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