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Intel logo Core i7-6900K
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Intel logo Core i5-10600K

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General information Core i7-6900K Core i5-10600K
Launched Q2 2016 Q2 2020
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2011-3 FCLGA1200
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Comet Lake
Clock 3.2 GHz 22 % 4.1 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 16.7 % 4.8 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 6 25 %
Threads 16 0 % 12 25 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 125 W 10.7 %
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 i5-10600K
Overall Score 55270 0 % 55162 0.2 %
Future Proof 53 % 30.3 % 76 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 9332 0 % 9259 0.8 %
Single Thread Score 2344.7 20.3 % 2940.5 0 %
Encrypting Data 4032.7 MB/s 17.9 % 4914.3 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 219.4 MB/s 0 % 206 MB/s 6.1 %
String objects sorting 28411.9 thousand/s 0 % 26632.2 thousand/s 6.3 %
Prime numbers generation 63.6 millions/s 0 % 45.6 millions/s 28.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 51315 millions/s 0 % 47342.3 millions/s 7.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 33594.1 millions/s 0 % 29922.5 millions/s 10.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6900K, Core i5-10600K.

Average frames per second Core i7-6900K Core i5-10600K
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 i5-10600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 147.9 FPS 147.7 FPS
High settings 236.6 FPS 236.3 FPS
Medium settings 295.8 FPS 295.3 FPS
Low settings 369.7 FPS 369.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.1 %
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