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Intel logo Core i7-6900K
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Intel logo Core i5-6500

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General information Core i7-6900K Core i5-6500
Launched Q2 2016 Q3 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2011-3 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Skylake-S
Clock 3.2 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.6 GHz 10 %
Cores 8 0 % 4 50 %
Threads 16 0 % 4 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 65 W 53.6 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 64 GB 50 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 14 nm 0 %
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 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-6900K Core i5-6500
Overall Score 55407 0 % 43791 21 %
Future Proof 53 % 0 % 49 % 7.5 %
Benchmark Score 9425 0 % 3678 61 %
Single Thread Score 2354.7 0 % 2119.4 10 %
Encrypting Data 4044 MB/s 0 % 1667.3 MB/s 58.8 %
Compressing Data 218.7 MB/s 0 % 75.9 MB/s 65.3 %
String objects sorting 28574 thousand/s 0 % 9493 thousand/s 66.8 %
Prime numbers generation 63.7 millions/s 0 % 27.9 millions/s 56.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 51401.4 millions/s 0 % 14778.5 millions/s 71.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 33247.3 millions/s 0 % 12519.3 millions/s 62.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6900K, Core i5-6500.

Average frames per second Core i7-6900K Core i5-6500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.8 FPS 84.4 FPS
High settings 190.0 FPS 135.0 FPS
Medium settings 237.5 FPS 168.8 FPS
Low settings 296.9 FPS 211.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 28.9 %

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 i7-6900K Core i5-6500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 148.0 FPS 127.4 FPS
High settings 236.7 FPS 203.9 FPS
Medium settings 295.9 FPS 254.9 FPS
Low settings 369.9 FPS 318.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 13.9 %
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