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Intel logo Core i7-6850K
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Intel logo Core i5-6600K

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General information Core i7-6850K Core i5-6600K
Launched Q2 2016 Q3 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2011-3 FCLGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Skylake-S
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.5 GHz 2.8 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.9 GHz 2.5 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 91 W 35 %
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 i5-6600K
Overall Score 52179 0 % 44967 13.8 %
Future Proof 53 % 0 % 49 % 7.5 %
Benchmark Score 7413 0 % 4089 44.8 %
Single Thread Score 2417.4 0 % 2343.3 3.1 %
Encrypting Data 3168.9 MB/s 0 % 1824.4 MB/s 42.4 %
Compressing Data 167.3 MB/s 0 % 84.3 MB/s 49.6 %
String objects sorting 22128.5 thousand/s 0 % 10716.5 thousand/s 51.6 %
Prime numbers generation 50 millions/s 0 % 30.9 millions/s 38.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 40013.6 millions/s 0 % 16487.3 millions/s 58.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 25712.5 millions/s 0 % 14061.8 millions/s 45.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6850K, Core i5-6600K.

Average frames per second Core i7-6850K Core i5-6600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 109.7 FPS 88.2 FPS
High settings 175.5 FPS 141.1 FPS
Medium settings 219.3 FPS 176.4 FPS
Low settings 274.1 FPS 220.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 19.6 %

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 i7-6850K Core i5-6600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 142.4 FPS 129.7 FPS
High settings 227.9 FPS 207.6 FPS
Medium settings 284.9 FPS 259.4 FPS
Low settings 356.1 FPS 324.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.9 %
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