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Intel logo Core i7-6900K
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Intel logo Core i3-9100

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General information Core i7-6900K Core i3-9100
Launched Q2 2016 Q2 2019
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2011-3 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Coffee Lake Refresh
Clock 3.2 GHz 11.1 % 3.6 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 % 65 W 53.6 %
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 Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-6900K Core i3-9100
Overall Score 55285 0 % 45462 17.8 %
Future Proof 53 % 25.4 % 71 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 9342 0 % 4272 54.3 %
Single Thread Score 2359 4.4 % 2467.1 0 %
Encrypting Data 4019.5 MB/s 0 % 1966.9 MB/s 51.1 %
Compressing Data 219.3 MB/s 0 % 88.3 MB/s 59.7 %
String objects sorting 28445.6 thousand/s 0 % 11263.4 thousand/s 60.4 %
Prime numbers generation 64.1 millions/s 0 % 27.2 millions/s 57.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 51114.1 millions/s 0 % 18095.1 millions/s 64.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 33123.4 millions/s 0 % 15328 millions/s 53.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6900K, Core i3-9100.

Average frames per second Core i7-6900K Core i3-9100
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.9 FPS 89.7 FPS
High settings 190.3 FPS 143.5 FPS
Medium settings 237.8 FPS 179.4 FPS
Low settings 297.3 FPS 224.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 24.6 %

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 i3-9100
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 147.9 FPS 130.7 FPS
High settings 236.7 FPS 209.1 FPS
Medium settings 295.8 FPS 261.3 FPS
Low settings 369.8 FPS 326.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.7 %
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