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Intel logo Core i7-6900K
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Intel logo Core i7-8700

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General information Core i7-6900K Core i7-8700
Launched Q2 2016 Q4 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2011-3 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Coffee Lake
Clock 3.2 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 13 % 4.6 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 6 25 %
Threads 16 0 % 12 25 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 65 W 53.6 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 20 MB
1 × 12 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-6900K Core i7-8700
Overall Score 55286 0 % 53705 2.9 %
Future Proof 53 % 14.5 % 62 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 9343 0 % 8319 11 %
Single Thread Score 2335.7 11.7 % 2645 0 %
Encrypting Data 4035.7 MB/s 10.9 % 4530.7 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 216.7 MB/s 0 % 182.8 MB/s 15.6 %
String objects sorting 28933.1 thousand/s 0 % 24080.8 thousand/s 16.8 %
Prime numbers generation 63.5 millions/s 0 % 34.7 millions/s 45.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 51782 millions/s 0 % 45136.2 millions/s 12.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 33257.3 millions/s 0 % 27771.4 millions/s 16.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6900K, Core i7-8700.

Average frames per second Core i7-6900K Core i7-8700
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.9 FPS 114.2 FPS
High settings 190.3 FPS 182.7 FPS
Medium settings 237.8 FPS 228.3 FPS
Low settings 297.3 FPS 285.4 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 i7-6900K Core i7-8700
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 148.2 FPS 145.4 FPS
High settings 237.2 FPS 232.6 FPS
Medium settings 296.5 FPS 290.8 FPS
Low settings 370.6 FPS 363.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.9 %
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