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Intel logo Core i7-6850K
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General information Core i7-6850K Core i7-4790K
Launched Q2 2016 Q2 2014
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2011-3 LGA1150
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Haswell Refresh
Clock 3.6 GHz 10 % 4 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 9.1 % 4.4 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 8 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 88 W 37.1 %
Lithography 14 nm 36.4 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 15 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-6850K Core i7-4790K
Overall Score 52179 0 % 47790 8.4 %
Future Proof 53 % 0 % 42 % 20.8 %
Benchmark Score 7413 0 % 5216 29.6 %
Single Thread Score 2415 2.8 % 2483.7 0 %
Encrypting Data 3155.3 MB/s 0 % 2255.3 MB/s 28.5 %
Compressing Data 168.8 MB/s 0 % 119.6 MB/s 29.2 %
String objects sorting 22151.8 thousand/s 0 % 16591.4 thousand/s 25.1 %
Prime numbers generation 49.8 millions/s 0 % 33.7 millions/s 32.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 39935.2 millions/s 0 % 29099.1 millions/s 27.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 25765.4 millions/s 0 % 14628 millions/s 43.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6850K, Core i7-4790K.

Average frames per second Core i7-6850K Core i7-4790K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 109.7 FPS 96.6 FPS
High settings 175.5 FPS 154.6 FPS
Medium settings 219.3 FPS 193.2 FPS
Low settings 274.1 FPS 241.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.9 %

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 i7-6850K Core i7-4790K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 142.4 FPS 134.7 FPS
High settings 227.9 FPS 215.5 FPS
Medium settings 284.9 FPS 269.4 FPS
Low settings 356.1 FPS 336.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.4 %
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