Core i7 6700k vs 7700k: hardly improves performance

We are used to the fact that the latest generations of Intel processors offer a very little improvement in performance compared to the previous generation, everything has to do with the fact that Kaby Lake is not going to be the exception and it is going to be a small update of Skylake without bringing too much new. Core i7 6700k vs 7700k: hardly improves performance

Core i7 6700k vs 7700k

Tom's Hardware has been made with a Core i7-7700K chip that has been subjected to a battery of tests to compare the improvement against previous generations of Intel Core processors. It is not mentioned if it is an engineering sample or a chip like the one that we are going to be able to find in stores, if it is the first case it could be a lower version in benefits so you have to take the data with tweezers.

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The Core i7-7700K has been able to reach operating frequencies of 4.8 GHz, which is 200 MHz above the 4.6 GHz that the Core i7-6600K is capable of reaching, so at least in this sense there is an improvement. We turn to the test results and see that the improvement in performance per clock cycle is around 3.6% on average, a figure that places it at the same average as previous generations of Intel Core processors. If we take into account the improvement in operating frequency, we can speak of an improvement of approximately 5% -8% on average. As for consumption there is no surprise, the improvement in efficiency is offset by the increase in operating frequencies