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Intel logo Core i7-6900K
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Intel logo Core i5-9500

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General information Core i7-6900K Core i5-9500
Launched Q2 2016 Q2 2019
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 Refresh
Clock 3.2 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 6.3 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 9.1 % 4.4 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 6 25 %
Threads 16 0 % 6 62.5 %
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 × 9 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-6900K Core i5-9500
Overall Score 55285 0 % 50195 9.2 %
Future Proof 53 % 25.4 % 71 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 9342 0 % 6348 32 %
Single Thread Score 2359 8.5 % 2579 0 %
Encrypting Data 4019.5 MB/s 0 % 3066 MB/s 23.7 %
Compressing Data 219.3 MB/s 0 % 134.4 MB/s 38.7 %
String objects sorting 28445.6 thousand/s 0 % 17164 thousand/s 39.7 %
Prime numbers generation 64.1 millions/s 0 % 35.3 millions/s 45 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 51114.1 millions/s 0 % 27569.6 millions/s 46.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 33123.4 millions/s 0 % 23795.2 millions/s 28.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6900K, Core i5-9500.

Average frames per second Core i7-6900K Core i5-9500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.9 FPS 103.8 FPS
High settings 190.3 FPS 166.0 FPS
Medium settings 237.8 FPS 207.5 FPS
Low settings 297.3 FPS 259.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 12.7 %

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 i5-9500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 147.9 FPS 139.0 FPS
High settings 236.7 FPS 222.4 FPS
Medium settings 295.8 FPS 278.0 FPS
Low settings 369.8 FPS 347.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 6 %
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