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Intel logo Core i7-6900K
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Intel logo Core i5-8600K

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General information Core i7-6900K Core i5-8600K
Launched Q2 2016 Q4 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2011-3 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Coffee Lake
Clock 3.2 GHz 11.1 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 7 % 4.3 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 6 25 %
Threads 16 0 % 6 62.5 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 95 W 32.1 %
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 × 9 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-6900K Core i5-8600K
Overall Score 55407 0 % 50805 8.3 %
Future Proof 53 % 14.5 % 62 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 9425 0 % 6662 29.3 %
Single Thread Score 2354.7 9.1 % 2590.4 0 %
Encrypting Data 4044 MB/s 0 % 3077.1 MB/s 23.9 %
Compressing Data 218.7 MB/s 0 % 138 MB/s 36.9 %
String objects sorting 28574 thousand/s 0 % 17527.4 thousand/s 38.7 %
Prime numbers generation 63.7 millions/s 0 % 42.4 millions/s 33.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 51401.4 millions/s 0 % 27797.8 millions/s 45.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 33247.3 millions/s 0 % 24105.8 millions/s 27.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6900K, Core i5-8600K.

Average frames per second Core i7-6900K Core i5-8600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.8 FPS 105.2 FPS
High settings 190.0 FPS 168.2 FPS
Medium settings 237.5 FPS 210.3 FPS
Low settings 296.9 FPS 262.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.5 %

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 i5-8600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 148.0 FPS 139.8 FPS
High settings 236.7 FPS 223.7 FPS
Medium settings 295.9 FPS 279.7 FPS
Low settings 369.9 FPS 349.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.5 %
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