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Intel logo Core i7-6700K
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General information Core i7-6700K Core i5-4590
Launched Q3 2015 Q2 2014
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1151 LGA1150
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Skylake-S Haswell Refresh
Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 17.5 %
Turbo Clock 4.2 GHz 0 % 3.7 GHz 11.9 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 84 W 11.6 %
Lithography 14 nm 36.4 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 8 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 530 Intel HD Graphics 4600
Performance Core i7-6700K Core i5-4590
Overall Score 49024 0 % 43169 11.9 %
Future Proof 49 % 0 % 42 % 14.3 %
Benchmark Score 5776 0 % 3473 39.9 %
Single Thread Score 2520 0 % 2080.7 17.4 %
Encrypting Data 3067.2 MB/s 0 % 1344.7 MB/s 56.2 %
Compressing Data 123.3 MB/s 0 % 75.6 MB/s 38.7 %
String objects sorting 15894.9 thousand/s 0 % 10353 thousand/s 34.9 %
Prime numbers generation 29.9 millions/s 6.7 % 32 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 28311.8 millions/s 0 % 16020.8 millions/s 43.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 17225.6 millions/s 0 % 11995.3 millions/s 30.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6700K, Core i5-4590.

Average frames per second Core i7-6700K Core i5-4590
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 100.3 FPS 82.9 FPS
High settings 160.4 FPS 132.6 FPS
Medium settings 200.5 FPS 165.8 FPS
Low settings 250.6 FPS 207.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.3 %

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 i7-6700K Core i5-4590
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 136.8 FPS 126.5 FPS
High settings 218.9 FPS 202.4 FPS
Medium settings 273.6 FPS 252.9 FPS
Low settings 342.0 FPS 316.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.5 %
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