Core i7 6700K
Intel desktop processor · Core i 6th gen · launched August 2015
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Launch price in today's dollars
The Core i7 6700K launched at $339 in 2015. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $473 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 40% rise over 11 years. At its launch price that is 24 Blender points per $100.
Method: launch price × (CPI 2026 average ÷ CPI 2015 average), calendar-year averages of BLS series CPIAUCSL. 2026 covers 7 months so far.
Blender rendering score
Median score 80 (middle half of runs 72–88) across 185 community runs on Blender 4.x with the CPU backend. That is #209 of 290 desktop processors in our dataset with a score, and #5 of 14 in the Core i 6th gen.
This is a rendering benchmark (samples per minute over the monster, junkshop and classroom scenes), not a gaming benchmark. It says how fast the part renders in Blender's Cycles engine and nothing about frame rates. Source: Blender Open Data, CC0, snapshot 2026-09-06.
Specifications
| Vendor | Intel |
|---|---|
| Series | Core i 6th gen |
| Launched | August 2015 |
| Launch price | $339 (1,000-unit price) |
| Socket | LGA 1151 |
| Cores / threads | 4 / 8 |
| Base clock | 4 GHz |
| Boost clock | 4.2 GHz |
| L3 cache | 8 MB |
| Rated power | 91 W (TDP) |
| Integrated graphics | HD 530 |
| Tier | 7-series |
The Intel 7-series over time
Intel desktop processors in the same tier around this one, oldest first, re-releases left out. Prices in launch dollars and in 2026 dollars; scores are Blender 4.x medians where they exist.
| Part | Year | Launch price | In 2026 $ | Blender |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core i7 4790 | 2014 | $312 | $436 | 62 |
| Core i7 4790S | 2014 | $312 | $436 | — |
| Core i7 4790T | 2014 | $303 | $424 | — |
| Core i7 4790K | 2014 | $350 | $489 | 70 |
| Core i7 5820K | 2014 | $389 | $544 | 93 |
| Core i7 5930K | 2014 | $583 | $815 | 87 |
| Core i7 5960X | 2014 | $999 | $1,397 | 122 |
| Core i7 5775C | 2015 | $366 | $511 | — |
| Core i7 6700K | 2015 | $339 | $473 | 80 |
| Core i7 6700 | 2015 | $303 | $423 | 68 |
| Core i7 6700T | 2015 | $303 | $423 | 56 |
| Core i7 6785R | 2016 | — | — | — |
| Core i7 6800K | 2016 | $434 | $598 | 97 |
| Core i7 6850K | 2016 | $617 | $851 | 103 |
| Core i7 6900K | 2016 | $1,089 | $1,501 | 131 |
| Core i7 6950X | 2016 | $1,723 | $2,376 | 181 |
Compare with
- Core i5 5675C · 2015 · $276 · 44
- Core i7 5775C · 2015 · $366
- Core i7 6700 · 2015 · $303 · 68
- Core i7 6700T · 2015 · $303 · 56
- Core i7 4785T · 2014 · $303
- Core i7 4790 · 2014 · $312 · 62
- Core i7 4790K · 2014 · $350 · 70
- Core i7 4790S · 2014 · $312
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