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Smart Wizard
Get a complete build plan based on budget and goals.
Build Comparison
Compare complete builds side by side.
Part Comparison
Check specs, price, and value across parts.
Bottleneck Calculator
Measure CPU and GPU balance before you buy.
Power Calculator
Estimate wattage and PSU headroom.
Will It Run?
Test your hardware against popular games.
Smart Wizard
Get a complete build plan based on budget and goals.
Build Comparison
Compare complete builds side by side.
Part Comparison
Check specs, price, and value across parts.
Bottleneck Calculator
Measure CPU and GPU balance before you buy.
Power Calculator
Estimate wattage and PSU headroom.
Will It Run?
Test your hardware against popular games.
Intel
Detailed architecture, platform, memory, and feature data for this CPU.
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About This Product
The Intel Core i7-6850K is a 6-core, 12-thread desktop CPU from the Broadwell-E series, released in 2016. With a base clock of 3.6 GHz and a boost clock of 3.8 GHz, it offers solid multi-threaded performance for its age. At $85, it is suitable for budget-conscious users building a workstation for tasks like video editing or 3D rendering, but its single-core performance lags behind modern CPUs in the same price range, making it less ideal for high-refresh-rate gaming.
Performance Benchmarks
Scores are grouped by benchmark family so it is easy to compare raw speed, threaded output, and real-world value without mixing scales.
Large Sample Pool
Gaming Performance
These results come from real submitted gameplay sessions, so the reference GPU matters as much as the CPU itself.
Reference GPU
Sea of Stars
Mixed player settings
127 FPS
Smooth
Fallout 4
Mixed player settings
68 FPS
Smooth
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βBest for budget workstation builds needing multi-core performance.β