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Intel logo Core i7-6900K
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General information Core i7-6900K Core i7-8086K
Launched Q2 2016 Q2 2018
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2011-3 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Coffee Lake
Clock 3.2 GHz 20 % 4 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 20 % 5 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 6 25 %
Threads 16 0 % 12 25 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 95 W 32.1 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 20 MB
1 × 12 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-6900K Core i7-8086K
Overall Score 55270 0 % 55163 0.2 %
Future Proof 53 % 18.5 % 65 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 9332 0 % 9260 0.8 %
Single Thread Score 2340 18.4 % 2866.4 0 %
Encrypting Data 4036.8 MB/s 20.4 % 5068.2 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 215.7 MB/s 0 % 203.4 MB/s 5.7 %
String objects sorting 28411.9 thousand/s 0 % 26646.2 thousand/s 6.2 %
Prime numbers generation 64.1 millions/s 0 % 42.3 millions/s 34 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 50853.2 millions/s 0 % 47976.9 millions/s 5.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 33326.7 millions/s 0 % 29597 millions/s 11.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6900K, Core i7-8086K.

Average frames per second Core i7-6900K Core i7-8086K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.9 FPS 118.5 FPS
High settings 190.2 FPS 189.7 FPS
Medium settings 237.7 FPS 237.1 FPS
Low settings 297.2 FPS 296.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.3 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core i7-6900K Core i7-8086K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 147.8 FPS 147.7 FPS
High settings 236.5 FPS 236.3 FPS
Medium settings 295.7 FPS 295.3 FPS
Low settings 369.6 FPS 369.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.1 %
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