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Intel logo Core i7-5820K
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Intel logo Core i7-6700K

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General information Core i7-5820K Core i7-6700K
Launched Q3 2014 Q3 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Haswell-E Skylake-S
Clock 3.3 GHz 17.5 % 4 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.6 GHz 14.3 % 4.2 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 8 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 95 W 32.1 %
Maximum supported RAM 64 GB 0 % 64 GB 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 14 nm 36.4 %
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 i7-5820K Core i7-6700K
Overall Score 50222 0 % 49016 2.4 %
Future Proof 43 % 12.2 % 49 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 6362 0 % 5772 9.3 %
Single Thread Score 1996 20.8 % 2521.5 0 %
Encrypting Data 2760.7 MB/s 9.5 % 3051.9 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 145.5 MB/s 0 % 123.2 MB/s 15.4 %
String objects sorting 20826 thousand/s 0 % 16009.8 thousand/s 23.1 %
Prime numbers generation 46.2 millions/s 0 % 29.8 millions/s 35.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 35743.4 millions/s 0 % 28221.4 millions/s 21 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 17995.9 millions/s 0 % 17221.6 millions/s 4.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5820K, Core i7-6700K.

Average frames per second Core i7-5820K Core i7-6700K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 103.9 FPS 100.3 FPS
High settings 166.2 FPS 160.5 FPS
Medium settings 207.7 FPS 200.6 FPS
Low settings 259.6 FPS 250.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.4 %

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 i7-5820K Core i7-6700K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 139.0 FPS 136.9 FPS
High settings 222.5 FPS 219.0 FPS
Medium settings 278.1 FPS 273.7 FPS
Low settings 347.6 FPS 342.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.6 %
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