Intel Core i3-N305 vs Intel Core i7-6850K

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Intel Core i3-N305

The Intel Core i3-N305 operates with 8 cores and 8 CPU threads. It run at 3.80 GHz base 3.20 GHz all cores while the TDP is set at 15 W.The processor is attached to the BGA CPU socket. This version includes 6.00 MB of L3 cache on one chip, supports 2 memory channels to support DDR5-5600 RAM and features PCIe Gen lanes. Tjunction keeps below 100 °C degrees C. In particular, Alder Lake N Architecture is enhanced with 10 nm technology and supports VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d. The product was launched on Q4/2022

Intel Core i7-6850K

The Intel Core i7-6850K operates with 6 cores and 8 CPU threads. It run at 3.80 GHz base -- all cores while the TDP is set at 140 W.The processor is attached to the LGA 2011-3 CPU socket. This version includes 15.00 MB of L3 cache on one chip, supports 4 memory channels to support DDR4-2133DDR4-2400 RAM and features 3.0 PCIe Gen 40 lanes. Tjunction keeps below 100 °C degrees C. In particular, Skylake S Architecture is enhanced with 14 nm technology and supports VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d. The product was launched on Q2/2016

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1.80 GHz	Frequency	3.60 GHz
8	Cores	6
3.80 GHz	Turbo (1 Core)	3.80 GHz
3.20 GHz	Turbo (All Cores)	--
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking	Yes
normal	Core Architecture	normal
Intel UHD Graphics 770	GPU	no iGPU
1.30 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	No turbo
10 nm	Technology	14 nm
1.30 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	No turbo
	DirectX Version
3	Max. displays
DDR5-5600	Memory	DDR4-2133DDR4-2400
2	Memory channels	4
	Max memory
Yes	ECC	No
2.00 MB	L2 Cache	--
6.00 MB	L3 Cache	15.00 MB
	PCIe version	3.0
	PCIe lanes	40
10 nm	Technology	14 nm
BGA	Socket	LGA 2011-3
15 W	TDP	140 W
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Q4/2022	Release date	Q2/2016
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.

Intel Core i3-N305 1,031 (46%)

Intel Core i7-6850K 1,004 (45%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

Intel Core i3-N305 4,421 (9%)

Intel Core i7-6850K 5,989 (12%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.

Intel Core i3-N305 666 (3%)

Intel Core i7-6850K (0%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.

Intel Core i3-N305 (0%)

Intel Core i7-6850K 279.73 (14%)

Electric Usage Estimate

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Electric Usage Estimate

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Intel Core i3-N305		Intel Core i7-6850K
15 W	Max TDP	140 W
NA	Power consumption per day (kWh)	NA
NA	Running cost per day	NA
NA	Power consumption per year (kWh)	NA
NA	Running cost per year	NA