Product Compare

Intel Core i7 6700K vs Intel Core i9 12900T

	CPU Intel Core i7 6700K	CPU Intel Core i9 12900T
General Parameters
Release Date	Aug 2015	Jan 2022
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Instruction Set	x86-64
Core Architecture	Skylake	Alder Lake-S
Processor Number	i7-6700K
Integrated Graphics	HD Graphics 530	UHD Graphics 770
Generation		Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)
Package
Transistor Count	1.75 billions
Manufacturing Process	14 nm	10 nm
Socket	LGA-1151	Intel Socket 1700
Power Consumption	91 W	35 W
Peak Operating Temperature		72 °C
Foundry		Intel
Die Size		215 mm²
Package		FC-LGA16A
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	4	8
Performance Core Threads	8	16
Performance Core Base Frequency	4.0 GHz	1.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	4.2 GHz	4.9 GHz
Total Core Count	4	16
Total Thread Count	8	24
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	40	14.0
L1 Cache	64 K per core	80 KB per core
L2 Cache	256 K per core	1.25 MB per core
L3 Cache	8 MB shared	30 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	Yes	Yes
Efficiency Cores		8
Efficiency Core Threads		8
Efficiency Core Base Frequency		1000 MHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency		3.6 GHz
SMP		1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR4-2133,DDR3L-1600	DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800
Max Memory Size	64 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	34.1 GB/s	76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1150 MHz	1550 MHz
GPU Base Frequency		300 MHz
Execution Units		32
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	3.0	5
PCIe Lanes	16	20
Extended Instruction Set	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	1129	1865
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	5646	22804
Geekbench 6 Single Core	1512	2362
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	5068	12384
Blender	107	153