Intel Core i7 6700 vs i3 1315U
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We compared two CPUs: the 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7 6700 (desktop) with 4-cores against the 1.2 GHz i3 1315U (laptop) with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
The "iGPU" and "Power Efficiency" have a minor impact on the NanoReview Score for desktop CPU.
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core i3 1315U
- Newer - released 7 years and 6 months later
- Has 2 more physical cores
- Supports up to 96 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
- More modern manufacturing process – 10 versus 14 nanometers
- 43% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1989 vs 1389 points
- Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size
- Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
- 13% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.5 GHz vs 4 GHz)
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 405 MB/sec | 683.7 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 32.8 Klines/sec | 36.1 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 102.6 pages/sec | 145.5 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 137.5 Mpixels/sec | 161.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 137.9 pages/sec | 183.4 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 24.2 images/sec | 27.8 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 46.1 images/sec | 65.3 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 6.29 Mpixels/sec | 7.89 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 25.7 GOps/sec | 36.8 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 15.9 GOps/sec | 26.2 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 27M Primes/sec | 39M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 14.4M Strings/sec | 13.5M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 2.7 GBytes/sec | 7.3 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 113.5 MBytes/sec | 121 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 556 Frames/sec | 673 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 7.5B Matrices/sec | 7.1B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 4 PPW | 16.4 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 71.2 PPW | 403.1 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 123.6 PPW | 734.6 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 1.07 PPW | 3.64 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Intel Core i7 6700
No benchmark results yet
Intel Core i3 1315U
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-23 (Marnaut) | GeekBench | 2425 / 6660 |
| 📘 2026-05-15 (Melkon) | GeekBench | 2311 / 6598 |
| 📘 2025-02-10 (Cs.G.) | Cinebench 2024 | 92 / 246 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 6700 and i3 1315UGeneral
| Vendor | Intel | Intel |
| Released | September 1, 2015 | January 3, 2023 |
| Type | Desktop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Skylake | Raptor Lake |
| Model number | i7-6700 | i3-1315U |
| Integrated GPU | HD Graphics 530 | UHD Graphics (64EU) |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - AMD Ryzen 3 7330U |
| Successor | - Intel Core Ultra 7 265 | - Intel Core 3 100U |
CPU
| P-Cores | 4 | 2 |
| P-Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.4 GHz | 1.2 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4 GHz | 4.5 GHz |
| E-Cores | - | 4 |
| E-Threads | - | 4 |
| Base Frequency (E) | - | 0.9 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | - | 3.3 GHz |
| Total Cores | 4 | 6 |
| Total Threads | 8 | 8 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 34x | 12x |
| Bus Bandwidth | 8 GT/s | - |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 80K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 256K (per core) | 1280K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 8MB (shared) | 10MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Fabrication Process | 14 nm | 10 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 65 W | 12-15 W (configurable) |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | - | 55 W |
| Socket | LGA-1151 | BGA-1744 |
| Peak Temperature | - | 100°C |
Desktop CPU ranking (#185th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Intel HD Graphics 530 | Intel UHD Graphics (64EU) |
| GPU Base Clock | - | 300 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1150 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Shading Units | - | 512 |
| TMUs | - | 32 |
| ROPs | - | 16 |
| Execution Units | - | 64 |
| TGP | - | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - DDR4-2133 - DDR3L-1600 |
- DDR5-5200 - DDR4-3200 - LPDDR5-5200 - LPDDR5x-5200 - LPDDR4x-4267 |
| Max. Memory Size | 64 GB | 96 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 34.1 GB/s | - |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official Site | Intel Core i7 6700 official page | Intel Core i3 1315U official page |
| PCI Express Version | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 16 | 20 |
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