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Intel logo Core i7-8700K
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General information Core i7-8700K Core i5-6600
Launched Q4 2017 Q3 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151-2 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Coffee Lake Skylake-S
Clock 3.7 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 10.8 %
Turbo Clock 4.7 GHz 0 % 3.9 GHz 17 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 65 W 31.6 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 64 GB 50 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 14 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 × 12 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630 Intel HD Graphics 530
Performance Core i7-8700K Core i5-6600
Overall Score 54505 0 % 44469 18.4 %
Future Proof 62 % 0 % 49 % 21 %
Benchmark Score 8826 0 % 3911 55.7 %
Single Thread Score 2746.7 0 % 2258 17.8 %
Encrypting Data 4806.4 MB/s 0 % 1808.8 MB/s 62.4 %
Compressing Data 193.2 MB/s 0 % 80.3 MB/s 58.4 %
String objects sorting 25452.8 thousand/s 0 % 10061.3 thousand/s 60.5 %
Prime numbers generation 38.6 millions/s 0 % 28.8 millions/s 25.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 45935 millions/s 0 % 15698.4 millions/s 65.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 28737.5 millions/s 0 % 13373.2 millions/s 53.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-8700K, Core i5-6600.

Average frames per second Core i7-8700K Core i5-6600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 116.6 FPS 86.8 FPS
High settings 186.5 FPS 138.9 FPS
Medium settings 233.1 FPS 173.6 FPS
Low settings 291.4 FPS 217.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 25.5 %

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 i7-8700K Core i5-6600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 146.8 FPS 129.0 FPS
High settings 234.9 FPS 206.4 FPS
Medium settings 293.7 FPS 258.1 FPS
Low settings 367.1 FPS 322.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 12.1 %
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