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Intel logo Core i5-11600K
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General information Core i5-11600K Core i7-6950X
Launched Q2 2021 Q2 2016
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1200 LGA2011-v3
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Rocket Lake-S Broadwell-E
Clock 3.9 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 23.1 %
Turbo Clock 4.9 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 18.4 %
Cores 6 40 % 10 0 %
Threads 12 40 % 20 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 W 10.7 % 140 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 512 kB
10 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 12 MB
1 × 25 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i5-11600K Core i7-6950X
Overall Score 59699 0 % 57931 3 %
Future Proof 82 % 0 % 53 % 35.4 %
Benchmark Score 12702 0 % 11262 11.3 %
Single Thread Score 3375.1 0 % 2326 31.1 %
Encrypting Data 12440.5 MB/s 0 % 5009.8 MB/s 59.7 %
Compressing Data 239.6 MB/s 12.2 % 272.9 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 27806.3 thousand/s 21.7 % 35520.1 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 59.4 millions/s 25.1 % 79.2 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 64798.4 millions/s 0 % 63143.5 millions/s 2.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 38189.5 millions/s 7.2 % 41172.2 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-11600K, Core i7-6950X.

Average frames per second Core i5-11600K Core i7-6950X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 132.0 FPS 126.8 FPS
High settings 211.2 FPS 202.9 FPS
Medium settings 264.0 FPS 253.6 FPS
Low settings 330.1 FPS 317.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 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 i5-11600K Core i7-6950X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 155.9 FPS 152.8 FPS
High settings 249.4 FPS 244.5 FPS
Medium settings 311.8 FPS 305.6 FPS
Low settings 389.8 FPS 382.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 2 %
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