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General information Xeon E5-2690 Core i7-6700K
Launched Q1 2012 Q3 2015
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Xeon E5 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-EP Skylake-S
Clock 2.9 GHz 27.5 % 4 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.8 GHz 9.5 % 4.2 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 4 50 %
Threads 16 0 % 8 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 135 W 0 % 95 W 29.6 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 14 nm 56.3 %
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 Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Xeon E5-2690 Core i7-6700K
Overall Score 50099 0 % 49016 2.2 %
Future Proof 28 % 42.9 % 49 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 6300 0 % 5772 8.4 %
Single Thread Score 1659.7 34.1 % 2519 0 %
Encrypting Data 3068.3 MB/s 0 % 3045.8 MB/s 0.7 %
Compressing Data 167.1 MB/s 0 % 123.5 MB/s 26.1 %
String objects sorting 25136 thousand/s 0 % 15882.9 thousand/s 36.8 %
Prime numbers generation 48.6 millions/s 0 % 30 millions/s 38.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 39805.7 millions/s 0 % 28107 millions/s 29.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 14798 millions/s 14.7 % 17342.2 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E5-2690, Core i7-6700K.

Average frames per second Xeon E5-2690 Core i7-6700K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 103.5 FPS 100.3 FPS
High settings 165.6 FPS 160.5 FPS
Medium settings 207.0 FPS 200.6 FPS
Low settings 258.7 FPS 250.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.1 %

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 Xeon E5-2690 Core i7-6700K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 138.9 FPS 136.9 FPS
High settings 222.2 FPS 219.1 FPS
Medium settings 277.7 FPS 273.9 FPS
Low settings 347.1 FPS 342.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.4 %
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