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picking a CPU is an important choice not only for gamers but also content creators and just heavy multitaskers in general most of us assume that the more expensive chips yield scaled improvements all around for example the i7 6900 K at 1,000 u.s. dollars must be at least twice as good as the i7 6700 K being that it's three times as expensive but as we've discussed and proven here on the channel it's not about core count and it's really not about frequency either as much as it is about program optimization you'll see that in these benchmarks so I 5 verse i7 verse I 7 verse Xeon vs i7 I know that really doesn't say much but that's why I have the thumbnail to kind of clarify some things in particular we'll be comparing the i-5 6600 K the i7 6700 K the i7 5820k the xeon e5 26:30 v4 and the i7 6900 k each of these CPUs has either a different core count or hyper-threading disparity along with the significant frequency disparity in the case of the xeon so we've got a little bit of everything in this video which should give you a good idea of what's preferable cores or clocks and whether or not these CPUs can handle extreme multitasking and what do I mean by extreme multitasking how about having a 4k video file rendering in the background of each of these benchmarks for each of these CPUs you'll see two sets of benchmarks one set with the background rendering and one set without this way content creators and heavy multitaskers alike can get a feel for what kind of CPU they should be after your are the two platforms here are the specs of each butter pause because I'm about to move on the only difference is the quad channel memory config for the x99 platform an advantage we'd be stupid not to utilize although it's not likely to change many of these results first up the benchmarks without the heavy background multitasking Cinebench r15 is a raw CP horsepower test that forces each thread to render small segments of a much larger image presumably the more cores the better but frequency also plays a role more cores equals more tiles rendered simultaneously but more powerful individual cores equals quicker tile rendering here the i7 6900 K won handily over the 10 cores eon thanks to its substantially higher clock speed followed third by the 5820k at twelve ninety eight this certainly isn't a test favors non enthusiast platforms the sixty seven and sixty-six hundred K skews fall behind here but does this translate across multiple benchmarks 7-zip seems to think so huge lead again for the sixty nine hundred K but it's what we should expect it's an overclocked eight core one thousand dollar chip whoop-dee-doo but what about the 5820k something more in the ballpark of about three hundred US dollars only a couple hundred points away from a processor with four extra cores and eight extra threads the power of clocks ladies and gentlemen I must admit the 6700 K also performed admirably here although I cannot say the same for the 6600 K Geekbench tests multiple facets of a system and moulds those results into two different scores the 6700 K undeniably has the strongest single core of any CPU currently available and it's followed not far behind by the 6600 K our ten core Xeon suffered the most here and scored just 25 12 no doubt thanks to its clock speed but what about when it comes to rendering this is something I was personally on the lookout for I went through several CPUs trying to find the perfect one for Adobe Premiere Pro and you kind of get a mixed bag here these numbers are in seconds just divided by 64 minutes the best value in this case is a bit of a split between the 6700 K and 5820k both can be purchased for around three hundred US dollars it sometimes fluctuates between that and about three hundred and sixty bucks so it just comes down to a matter of total platform cost in which case the 6700 K takes the cake when it comes to multitasking however you may want to rethink that conclusion we'll discuss it here shortly the Xeon wasn't too bad considering its frequency but considering its price it's definitely a no-go Adobe Premiere isn't a well optimized platform and the law of diminishing returns applies in this case to core count now check out the sixty nine hundred K only a fifteen percent decrease in overall rendering time even though it's price tag is much higher this goes back to what I said earlier core count isn't always what you should be looking for lastly handbrake which I found to utilize as many cores as you throw at it the 6900 k half the 6700 case time good news considering the latter has half as many cores and an equivalent clock speed the Xeon also picked up the slack despite packing half the overall frequency of its eight core counterpart it meant to convert the file in a respectable time all the while maintaining much lower core temperatures now for the super stress test the colored bars you're about to see represent the heavy multitasking workloads in particular a 4k video file being rendered by Adobe Premiere Pro in the background here we go Cinebench huge cuts get used to folks it's everywhere about 50% for everything except for the i-5 which had trouble even loading the program nonetheless it did finish I'll be it with a score that could be beaten by a cue 6607 zip wasn't as bad fair numbers across the board and even the i-5 managed itself something I'm not seeing that I did expect however our marginal increases in multitasking scores as core count increases I didn't expect the 6900 case scored a drop by the degree that it did and the 6700 case score didn't drop by as much as I thought that it would let's continue Geekbench o Geekbench the i-5 just gave up here it couldn't do it the program wouldn't respond once the loading screen popped up and then Adobe Premiere crashed thankfully the others didn't have the same fate the 6700 case score dropped by about 40% 58 20 case 30% and the 6900 K is 20% the biggest cuts were felt by the Xeon whose single core plummeted to a mere twelve hundred and seventy-five points putting it in line with processors from the early 2000s lastly handbrake and again another shock for the i-5 it managed to open the program and execute the command but take its sweet time doing so even the 6700 K noticeably slowed up just the overall operating system something I can't say for the higher core variants it's not necessarily a reason to opt for X 99 but does show the advantages of CPUs containing more than four cores regardless of clock speed so here is what you just saw in a nutshell first up the i-5 6600 K is no good for anything we just simulated the i7 6700 K is probably the best bargain for anyone not concerned with background 4k rendering or anything of that sort the 5820k is for the consumer interested in x99 but not interested in extreme CPU prices the Xeon is well probably not for you just a blanket statement there and the 6900 K is for those interested in ultra heavy workloads and users whose programs are optimized for all eight or ten cores then and only then can a $1000 price tag be justified purchasing a 6900 k4 adobe premiere editing and rendering makes zero sense according to the benchmarks we just saw same can be said for the 6600 K by the way and using this particular Xeon for anything other than a virtual machine hub or server system is a bit crazy what my person will take away you ready for this the i7 6700 K is the best CPU for 99% of you it leaves the door open to content creation streaming and even light multitasking it doesn't require an expensive motherboard it doesn't require superb cooling it doesn't have the minor issues that I've noticed with my x99 systems latency and infrequent system stalls for those with x99 systems I imagine you feel some kind of way right now but the facts speak for themselves unless you're running some serious background tasks a 6700 K is enough SLI and crossfire it's a different story on that platform but you can still manage to get by with eight lanes per card if you can manage an X 29 build for roughly the same price though go ahead be my guest but I'm telling you right now once I get my hands on a 6700 K equivalent from KB Lake probably the 7700 K I'll be saying goodbye to my ex 99 platform the programs I use simply don't take advantage of extra cores and games certainly prefer stronger single cores if you liked this video be sure to give it a thumbs up give it a thumbs down if you do feeling good opposite or if you hate everything about life be sure to click and subscribe but if you haven't already and stay tuned for other good stuff I'm going to be a bit busy this week with exams but I'll still push out a video or two I expect sometime maybe around Tuesday or Wednesday this is Salazar studio thanks for learning with us you