i7 6700k vs 7700k?

[Harold]

What benefit would I be getting by upgrading my old 6700k to the newer 7700k? my motherboard GA-Z170-Gaming K3 supports both 6th and 7th gen, so I am planning on getting the 7700k down the line.

 

[Zefan]

There isn't a great deal of difference between any single generation jump with Intel over the past decade pretty much. Whether the difference is little or zero depends, what is the use case and what's the rest of your system?

Old CPUs somehow still go for bonkers money. I would have thought you'd be far, far better off doing a board/cpu/ram sale and moving to newer hardware.

 

[KompuKare]

W1zzard over at TPU did a comparison way back when:
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/intel-core-i7-7700k-vs-6700k-game-performance/25.html

As expected, at most 1-2% since they are the both the same architecture: Skylake.
Now, the 7700K might be easier to overclock though plus if you don't overclock the default base clock is 4.2GHz vs 4.0 for the 6700K

 

[Harold]

GA-Z170-K3-GAMING
i7 6700k 4.3 Ghz
MSI Armor GTX 1070
Vengeance LPX (2x8GB) 2666mhz

Well I guess I'll just wait until my CPU dies. I game at the moment, but am starting to record and edit videos, so a decent CPU is necessary of this.

 

[LePhuronn]

I game at the moment, but am starting to record and edit videos, so a decent CPU is necessary of this.

An 8 core Zen 3 then if you wit until the end of the year. Significantly better at productivity tasks and is set to take the gaming crown from Intel for a couple of generations. Zen 3 will only last 1 motherboard cycle though, but then us Intel have to face single-generation motherboards most of the time anyway. But then if you do feel that 8 cores are lagging for you, you do have the option of 12 and 16 core Zen 3 later on if you invest in a decent motherboard from the start.

 

[MissChief]

Save your money. The difference is incremental at best, nigh on non-existent at worst. Intel have been flogging the hell out of their architecture for a decade or more with no major jump from one gen to the next. I see no benefit in changing, especially as Intel never reduce prices of older chips.

 

[Harold]

I shouldn't complain about my mobo+cpu comb at the moment anyway, considering I got them a steal at £200 together

 

[heatonpkmassive]

I shouldn't complain about my mobo+cpu comb at the moment anyway, considering I got them a steal at £200 together

I think some people ask that price for the chip alone, so you got a good deal there.

 

[Dave2150]

DDR5, USB4 and PCIE-V5 are coming in a brand new socket, LGA1700, to go with Intel's next, next gen architecture (Alder Lake) next year. Worth waiting for that if you can, it will last you a long, long time