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Intel logo Core i7-6850K
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General information Core i7-6850K Core i5-6500
Launched Q2 2016 Q3 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2011-3 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Skylake-S
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 11.1 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.6 GHz 10 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 65 W 53.6 %
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 × 15 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-6850K Core i5-6500
Overall Score 52179 0 % 43679 16.3 %
Future Proof 53 % 0 % 49 % 7.5 %
Benchmark Score 7413 0 % 3640 50.9 %
Single Thread Score 2415 0 % 2107.9 12.7 %
Encrypting Data 3155.3 MB/s 0 % 1682.4 MB/s 46.7 %
Compressing Data 168.8 MB/s 0 % 75 MB/s 55.6 %
String objects sorting 22151.8 thousand/s 0 % 9519.8 thousand/s 57 %
Prime numbers generation 49.8 millions/s 0 % 28.2 millions/s 43.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 39935.2 millions/s 0 % 14784.2 millions/s 63 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 25765.4 millions/s 0 % 12342.9 millions/s 52.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6850K, Core i5-6500.

Average frames per second Core i7-6850K Core i5-6500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 109.7 FPS 84.4 FPS
High settings 175.5 FPS 135.1 FPS
Medium settings 219.3 FPS 168.8 FPS
Low settings 274.1 FPS 211.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 23 %

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 i5-6500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 142.4 FPS 127.5 FPS
High settings 227.9 FPS 204.0 FPS
Medium settings 284.9 FPS 255.0 FPS
Low settings 356.1 FPS 318.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 10.5 %
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