Intel Core i7-6900K

The Intel Core i7-6900K operates with:

CPU Cores 8.

CPU Threads: 16.

Performance-enhancing, system-enhancing technology that works faster and saves battery with:

Turbo: 3.70 GHz base No turbo all cores.

TDP: 140 W.

The processor is attached to:

CPU socket: LGA 2011-3.

This version includes

20.00 MB of L3 cache on one chip

Supports 4 memory channels to support DDR4-2400 RAM and features 3.0 PCIe Gen 40 lanes.

Tjunction keeps below -- degrees C.

In particular, Skylake S Architecture is enhanced with:

Technology: 14 nm

Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d.

The product was released on Q2/2016.

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CPU generation and family

Name:

Intel Core i7-6900K

Family:

Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition

CPU group:

Intel Core i 6000

Predecessor:

Segment:

Desktop / Server

Generation:

Successor:

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Frequency:

3.20 GHz

Turbo (1 Core):

3.70 GHz

Turbo (64 Cores)::

Hyperthreading:

Yes

Core architecture:

normal

CPU Cores:

CPU Threads:

Overclocking:

Yes

Memory & PCIe

Memory type:

DDR4-2400

PCIe version:

3.0

Memory channels:

PCIe version:

3.0

PCIe lanes:

Encryption

AES-NI:

Yes

Internal Graphics

Memory type:

DDR4-2400

GPU name:

no iGPU

GPU frequency:

GPU (Turbo):

No turbo

Generation:

DirectX Version:

Execution units:

Shader:

Max memory:

Max. displays:

Technology:

14 nm

Release date:

Technical details

Instruction set (ISA):

x86-64 (64 bit)

Architecture:

Skylake S

L2-Cache:

Virtualization:

VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

L3-Cache:

20.00 MB

Release date:

Q2/2016

Socket:

LGA 2011-3

Thermal Management

TDP (PL1):

140 W

TDP (PL2):

TDP Up:

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