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Core i7 6700T

Intel desktop processor · Core i 6th gen · launched September 2015

Launch price
$303
≈ $423 in 2026 dollars
Blender 4.x render score
56
#237 of 290 scored desktop processors
Cores / threads
4 / 8
8 MB L3 cache
Rated power
35 W

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Launch price in today's dollars

The Core i7 6700T launched at $303 in 2015. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $423 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 40% rise over 11 years. At its launch price that is 19 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 56 (middle half of runs 50–58) across 9 community runs on Blender 4.x with the CPU backend. That is #237 of 290 desktop processors in our dataset with a score, and #8 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

VendorIntel
SeriesCore i 6th gen
LaunchedSeptember 2015
Launch price$303 (1,000-unit price)
SocketLGA 1151
Cores / threads4 / 8
Base clock2.8 GHz
Boost clock3.6 GHz
L3 cache8 MB
Rated power35 W (TDP)
Integrated graphicsHD 530
Tier7-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.

PartYearLaunch priceIn 2026 $Blender
Core i7 4790T2014$303$424
Core i7 4790K2014$350$48970
Core i7 5820K2014$389$54493
Core i7 5930K2014$583$81587
Core i7 5960X2014$999$1,397122
Core i7 5775C2015$366$511
Core i7 6700K2015$339$47380
Core i7 67002015$303$42368
Core i7 6700T2015$303$42356
Core i7 6785R2016
Core i7 6800K2016$434$59897
Core i7 6850K2016$617$851103
Core i7 6900K2016$1,089$1,501131
Core i7 6950X2016$1,723$2,376181
Core i7 77002017$303$40972
Core i7 7700K2017$339$45883

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