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General information Core i7-6900K Core i7-3770K
Launched Q2 2016 Q2 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2011-3 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Ivy Bridge
Clock 3.2 GHz 8.6 % 3.5 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.9 GHz 2.5 %
Cores 8 0 % 4 50 %
Threads 16 0 % 8 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 77 W 45 %
Lithography 14 nm 36.4 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 20 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-6900K Core i7-3770K
Overall Score 55407 0 % 45321 18.2 %
Future Proof 53 % 0 % 30 % 43.4 %
Benchmark Score 9425 0 % 4219 55.2 %
Single Thread Score 2354.7 0 % 2071 12 %
Encrypting Data 4044 MB/s 0 % 1864.6 MB/s 53.9 %
Compressing Data 218.7 MB/s 0 % 103 MB/s 52.9 %
String objects sorting 28574 thousand/s 0 % 14212.6 thousand/s 50.3 %
Prime numbers generation 63.7 millions/s 0 % 29.8 millions/s 53.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 51401.4 millions/s 0 % 23131.2 millions/s 55 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 33247.3 millions/s 0 % 11736 millions/s 64.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6900K, Core i7-3770K.

Average frames per second Core i7-6900K Core i7-3770K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.8 FPS 88.9 FPS
High settings 190.0 FPS 142.3 FPS
Medium settings 237.5 FPS 177.8 FPS
Low settings 296.9 FPS 222.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 25.1 %

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 i7-3770K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 148.0 FPS 130.1 FPS
High settings 236.7 FPS 208.2 FPS
Medium settings 295.9 FPS 260.2 FPS
Low settings 369.9 FPS 325.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 12.1 %
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