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Intel logo Core i7-6900K
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General information Core i7-6900K Core i7-6700K
Launched Q2 2016 Q3 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2011-3 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Skylake-S
Clock 3.2 GHz 20 % 4 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 4.8 % 4.2 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 4 50 %
Threads 16 0 % 8 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 95 W 32.1 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 64 GB 50 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 20 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-6900K Core i7-6700K
Overall Score 55285 0 % 49016 11.3 %
Future Proof 53 % 0 % 49 % 7.5 %
Benchmark Score 9342 0 % 5772 38.2 %
Single Thread Score 2342.7 6 % 2491.5 0 %
Encrypting Data 4084.4 MB/s 0 % 3042.7 MB/s 25.5 %
Compressing Data 218.4 MB/s 0 % 122.9 MB/s 43.7 %
String objects sorting 28789.7 thousand/s 0 % 15945.3 thousand/s 44.6 %
Prime numbers generation 63.7 millions/s 0 % 29.7 millions/s 53.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 51473.7 millions/s 0 % 28362 millions/s 44.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 33658.8 millions/s 0 % 17360.6 millions/s 48.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6900K, Core i7-6700K.

Average frames per second Core i7-6900K Core i7-6700K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.9 FPS 100.3 FPS
High settings 190.3 FPS 160.5 FPS
Medium settings 237.8 FPS 200.6 FPS
Low settings 297.3 FPS 250.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 15.6 %

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 i7-6900K Core i7-6700K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 148.0 FPS 136.9 FPS
High settings 236.8 FPS 219.1 FPS
Medium settings 296.0 FPS 273.9 FPS
Low settings 370.0 FPS 342.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.5 %
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