Core i7 6850K
Intel desktop processor · Core i 6th gen · launched May 2016
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Launch price in today's dollars
The Core i7 6850K launched at $617 in 2016. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $851 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 38% rise over 10 years. At its launch price that is 17 Blender points per $100.
Method: launch price × (CPI 2026 average ÷ CPI 2016 average), calendar-year averages of BLS series CPIAUCSL. 2026 covers 7 months so far.
Blender rendering score
Median score 103 (middle half of runs 100–118) across 11 community runs on Blender 4.x with the CPU backend. That is #191 of 290 desktop processors in our dataset with a score, and #3 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 | May 2016 |
| Launch price | $617 (1,000-unit price) |
| Socket | LGA 2011-3 |
| Cores / threads | 6 / 12 |
| Base clock | 3.6 GHz |
| Boost clock | 3.8 GHz |
| L3 cache | 15 MB |
| Rated power | 140 W (TDP) |
| 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 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 |
| Core i7 7700 | 2017 | $303 | $409 | 72 |
| Core i7 7700K | 2017 | $339 | $458 | 83 |
| Core i7 7700T | 2017 | $303 | $409 | 62 |
| Core i7 7740X | 2017 | $339 | $458 | — |
| Core i7 7800X | 2017 | $389 | $525 | 110 |
Compare with
- Core i7 6800K · 2016 · $434 · 97
- Core i7 6900K · 2016 · $1,089 · 131
- Core i5 8600K · 2017 · $257 · 86
- Core i7 6700K · 2015 · $339 · 80
- Core i7 7700K · 2017 · $339 · 83
- Core i7 7800X · 2017 · $389 · 110
- Core i7 7820X · 2017 · $599 · 153
- Core i7 8700 · 2017 · $303 · 106
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