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Intel logo Core i7-6900K
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General information Core i7-6900K Ryzen 5 2600X
Launched Q2 2016 Q2 2018
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket FCLGA2011-3 AM4
Series Name Intel Core i7 AMD Ryzen 5
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Pinnacle Ridge
Clock 3.2 GHz 11.1 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 4.8 % 4.2 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 6 25 %
Threads 16 0 % 12 25 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 95 W 32.1 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 64 GB 50 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 12 nm 14.3 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Data
6 × 64 kB Instruction
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
6 × 512 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 20 MB
1 × 15 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-6900K Ryzen 5 2600X
Overall Score 55407 0 % 54904 0.9 %
Future Proof 53 % 18.5 % 65 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 9425 0 % 9087 3.6 %
Single Thread Score 2354.7 1.9 % 2399.3 0 %
Encrypting Data 4044 MB/s 69.3 % 13156.4 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 218.7 MB/s 0 % 195 MB/s 10.8 %
String objects sorting 28574 thousand/s 0 % 23056 thousand/s 19.3 %
Prime numbers generation 63.7 millions/s 0 % 38.2 millions/s 40 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 51401.4 millions/s 0 % 47292.4 millions/s 8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 33247.3 millions/s 0 % 24433.6 millions/s 26.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6900K, Ryzen 5 2600X.

Average frames per second Core i7-6900K Ryzen 5 2600X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.8 FPS 117.3 FPS
High settings 190.0 FPS 187.7 FPS
Medium settings 237.5 FPS 234.6 FPS
Low settings 296.9 FPS 293.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.2 %

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 Ryzen 5 2600X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 148.0 FPS 147.1 FPS
High settings 236.7 FPS 235.3 FPS
Medium settings 295.9 FPS 294.1 FPS
Low settings 369.9 FPS 367.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.6 %
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