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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i7-6700 outperforms the more expensive Core i3-7300 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i7-6700 is 552 days older than the more expensive Core i3-7300.
Advantages of Intel Core i3-7300
- Consumes up to 22% less energy than Intel Core i7-6700 - 51 vs 65 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i7-6700
- Performs up to 1% better in Resident Evil 4 than Core i3-7300 - 174 vs 173 FPS
- Up to 1% cheaper than Core i3-7300 - $128.0 vs $129.0
- Up to 1% better value when playing Resident Evil 4 than Core i3-7300 - $0.74 vs $0.75 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i3-7300 - 8 vs 4 threads
Resident Evil 4
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Max
Intel Core i3-7300 4GHz Skylake CPU LGA1151 Desktop Smart Cache Boxed
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Core i7-6700
Desktop • Jul 1st, 2015
FPS
174
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.74/FPS
100%
Price, $
$128
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FPS and Value Winner
Intel Boxed Core I7-6700 FC-LGA14C 3.40 GHz 8 M Processor Cache 4 LGA 1151 BX80662I76700
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Max
Core i3-7300
Desktop • Jan 3rd, 2017
Core i7-6700
Desktop • Jul 1st, 2015
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i3-7300 | vs | Intel Core i7-6700 |
|---|---|---|
Jan 3rd, 2017 | Release Date | Jul 1st, 2015 |
| Core i3 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Kaby Lake | Codename | Skylake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 4 |
| 4 | Threads | 8 |
4.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.4 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.0 GHz |
51 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
40.0x | Multiplier | 34.0x |
| Intel HD 630 | Integrated Graphics | HD Graphics 530 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i3-7300 or Core i7-6700
Resident Evil 4, 1920 x 1080, Max
56 FPS
$14.11/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-6700
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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49 FPS
$16.12/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
Core i7-6700
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