Intel Core i7 6700K vs AMD Opteron 854 |
Released July, 2015
Intel Core i7 6700K
- 4 GHz
- Quad core
- Unlocked
Reasons to buy the Intel Core i7 6700K
 | Much newer manufacturing process 14 nm | | Significantly higher clock speed 4 GHz |
| | Newer Jul, 2015 | | Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) 4.61 GHz |
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Released August, 2005
AMD Opteron 854
- 2.8 GHz
- Single core
Reasons to buy the AMD Opteron 854
| | Supports more CPUs in SMP configuration 8 | | Much more l2 cache per core 1 MB/core |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much newer manufacturing process | 14 nm | vs | 90 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
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| Significantly higher clock speed | 4 GHz | vs | 2.8 GHz | Around 45% higher clock speed | |||
| Newer | Jul, 2015 | vs | Aug, 2005 | Release date over 10 years later | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.61 GHz | vs | 2.96 GHz | More than 55% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
| More threads | 8 | vs | 1 | 7 more threads | |||
| More cores | 4 | vs | 1 | 3 more cores; run more applications at once | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.77 GHz | vs | 2.8 GHz | More than 70% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
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| Supports more CPUs in SMP configuration | 8 | vs | 1 | 7 supports more CPUs in SMP configuration | |||
| Much more l2 cache per core | 1 MB/core | vs | 0.25 MB/core | 4x more l2 cache per core | |||
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Features Key features of the Core i7 6700K vs Opteron 854
clock speed
L2 cache
overclocked clock speed (air)
overclocked clock speed (water)
TDP
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Core i7 6700K | vs | Opteron 854 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 4 GHz | 2.8 GHz | |
| Cores | Quad core | Single core | |
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE4 | |||
| AVX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| SSE4.1 | |||
| SSE4.2 | |||
| 3DNow! | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| AES | |||
| AVX 2.0 | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
details | Core i7 6700K | vs | Opteron 854 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Threads | 8 | 1 | |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 0.25 MB/core | 1 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 14 nm | 90 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 8 | |
| Operating temperature | Unknown - 64°C | 0 - 67°C | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 4.61 GHz | 2.96 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.77 GHz | 2.8 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.61 GHz | 2.96 GHz | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 91W | 92.6W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 21.92 $/year | 22.31 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 79.72 $/year | 81.12 $/year | |
| Typical power consumption | 73.94W | 75.24W | |
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