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Intel logo Core i9-10900X
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General information Core i9-10900X Core i7-6700K
Launched Q4 2019 Q3 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Cascade Lake-X Skylake-S
Clock 3.7 GHz 7.5 % 4 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.7 GHz 0 % 4.2 GHz 10.6 %
Cores 10 0 % 4 60 %
Threads 20 0 % 8 60 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 95 W 42.4 %
Maximum supported RAM 256 GB 0 % 64 GB 75 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 10 × 1 MB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 19.25 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-10900X Core i7-6700K
Overall Score 61768 0 % 49016 20.6 %
Future Proof 73 % 0 % 49 % 32.9 %
Benchmark Score 14556 0 % 5772 60.3 %
Single Thread Score 2675 0 % 2514 6 %
Encrypting Data 8236.1 MB/s 0 % 3045.8 MB/s 63 %
Compressing Data 328.9 MB/s 0 % 122.1 MB/s 62.9 %
String objects sorting 43313.8 thousand/s 0 % 15990.9 thousand/s 63.1 %
Prime numbers generation 85 millions/s 0 % 30 millions/s 64.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 77837.3 millions/s 0 % 28164.2 millions/s 63.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 47759.3 millions/s 0 % 17498.6 millions/s 63.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-10900X, Core i7-6700K.

Average frames per second Core i9-10900X Core i7-6700K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 138.2 FPS 100.3 FPS
High settings 221.1 FPS 160.5 FPS
Medium settings 276.3 FPS 200.6 FPS
Low settings 345.4 FPS 250.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 27.4 %

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 i9-10900X Core i7-6700K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 159.3 FPS 136.9 FPS
High settings 254.9 FPS 219.1 FPS
Medium settings 318.6 FPS 273.9 FPS
Low settings 398.3 FPS 342.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 14 %
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