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Intel logo Core i7-6800K
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Intel logo Core i5-8500

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General information Core i7-6800K Core i5-8500
Launched Q2 2016 Q1 2018
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Coffee Lake
Clock 3.4 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 11.8 %
Turbo Clock 3.8 GHz 7.3 % 4.1 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 6 0 %
Threads 12 0 % 6 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 65 W 53.6 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 15 MB
1 × 9 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-6800K Core i5-8500
Overall Score 51360 0 % 49875 2.9 %
Future Proof 53 % 15.9 % 63 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 6959 0 % 6188 11.1 %
Single Thread Score 2290.2 6.8 % 2457.5 0 %
Encrypting Data 2915.9 MB/s 3.2 % 3011 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 157.8 MB/s 0 % 132.9 MB/s 15.8 %
String objects sorting 20766.2 thousand/s 0 % 16467 thousand/s 20.7 %
Prime numbers generation 47.9 millions/s 0 % 36.2 millions/s 24.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 37725.2 millions/s 0 % 26840.9 millions/s 28.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 24490.9 millions/s 0 % 22615.1 millions/s 7.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6800K, Core i5-8500.

Average frames per second Core i7-6800K Core i5-8500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 107.3 FPS 102.8 FPS
High settings 171.6 FPS 164.5 FPS
Medium settings 214.5 FPS 205.6 FPS
Low settings 268.2 FPS 257.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.2 %

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 i7-6800K Core i5-8500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 141.0 FPS 138.4 FPS
High settings 225.6 FPS 221.5 FPS
Medium settings 282.0 FPS 276.9 FPS
Low settings 352.6 FPS 346.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.8 %
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