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Core i7-6900K vs Core i9-10900X

Core i7-6900K vs Core i9-10900X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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Intel Core i9-10900X

3.7 GHz | 10-core

Intel Core i9-10900X Logo
Intel Core i9-10900X X-Serie Prozessor 10 Kerne mit 3.7 GHz (bis 4,7 GHz mit Turbo Boost 3.0, LGA2066 X299 Series 165W Prozessor (999PNG)

Buy for 736.72 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 143 minutes ago

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FPS Winner

Intel Core i9-10900X

3.7 GHz | 10-core

Intel Core i9-10900X Logo
Intel Core i9-10900X X-Serie Prozessor 10 Kerne mit 3.7 GHz (bis 4,7 GHz mit Turbo Boost 3.0, LGA2066 X299 Series 165W Prozessor (999PNG)

Buy for 736.72 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 143 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — Core i9-10900X outperforms Core i7-6900K on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i9-10900X is 1236 days newer than Core i7-6900K.

Advantages of Intel Core i7-6900K

  • Consumes up to 15% less energy than Intel Core i9-10900X - 140 vs 165 Watts

Advantages of Intel Core i9-10900X

  • Performs up to 13% better in Counter-Strike 2 than Core i7-6900K - 388 vs 343 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-6900K - 20 vs 16 threads
This is a free version of Counter-Strike 2.
Counter-Strike 2

Counter-Strike 2

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Intel Core i7-6900K Logo
Core i7-6900K

Desktop • May 31st, 2016


FPS

343

88.4020618556701%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

Intel Core i9-10900X Logo
Core i9-10900X

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2019


FPS

388

100%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

€736.72

100%

FPS Winner

Intel Core i9-10900X X-Serie Prozessor 10 Kerne mit 3.7 GHz (bis 4,7 GHz mit Turbo Boost 3.0, LGA2066 X299 Series 165W Prozessor (999PNG)

Buy for 736.72 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 143 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Intel Core i7-6900K Logo
Core i7-6900K

Desktop • May 31st, 2016

Intel Core i9-10900X Logo
Core i9-10900X

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2019

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i7-6900K Logo
Core i7-6900K

Desktop • May 31st, 2016


Single-Core

1252

79.44162436548223%

Multi-Core

7118

75.95774196990716%

Intel Core i9-10900X Logo
Core i9-10900X

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2019


Single-Core

1576

100%

Multi-Core

9371

100%

Intel Core i7-6900K

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Intel Core i9-10900X

May 31st, 2016Release Date
Oct 19th, 2019
Core i7CollectionCore i9 Extreme
Broadwell-ECodenameCascade Lake
Intel Socket 2011-3SocketIntel Socket 2066
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
8Cores
10
16Threads
20
3.2 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.7 GHz
3.7 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.5 GHz
140 W
TDP165 W
14 nmProcess Size14 nm
32.0xMultiplier
37.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
YesOverclockableYes

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