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Intel logo Core i7-6900K
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Intel logo Core i5-7600K

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General information Core i7-6900K Core i5-7600K
Launched Q2 2016 Q1 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2011-3 FCLGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Kaby Lake-S
Clock 3.2 GHz 15.8 % 3.8 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 4.8 % 4.2 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 4 50 %
Threads 16 0 % 4 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 91 W 35 %
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 i5-7600K
Overall Score 55285 0 % 45785 17.2 %
Future Proof 53 % 7 % 57 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 9342 0 % 4394 53 %
Single Thread Score 2314.6 9 % 2543.5 0 %
Encrypting Data 4068.2 MB/s 0 % 2020 MB/s 50.3 %
Compressing Data 220 MB/s 0 % 92.1 MB/s 58.1 %
String objects sorting 28388.2 thousand/s 0 % 11568 thousand/s 59.3 %
Prime numbers generation 64.4 millions/s 0 % 32.2 millions/s 50 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 51627.9 millions/s 0 % 18014.2 millions/s 65.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 33458 millions/s 0 % 15011.1 millions/s 55.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6900K, Core i5-7600K.

Average frames per second Core i7-6900K Core i5-7600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.9 FPS 90.7 FPS
High settings 190.3 FPS 145.1 FPS
Medium settings 237.8 FPS 181.4 FPS
Low settings 297.3 FPS 226.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 23.7 %

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 i5-7600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 148.0 FPS 131.3 FPS
High settings 236.8 FPS 210.0 FPS
Medium settings 296.0 FPS 262.5 FPS
Low settings 370.0 FPS 328.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.3 %
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