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Intel logo Core i7-6900K
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General information Core i7-6900K Ryzen 5 3500X
Launched Q2 2016 Q4 2019
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket FCLGA2011-3 AM4
Series Name Intel Core i7 AMD Ryzen 5
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Matisse
Clock 3.2 GHz 11.1 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 2.4 % 4.1 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 % 7 nm 50 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 64 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
6 × 512 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 20 MB
2 × 16 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-6900K Ryzen 5 3500X
Overall Score 55289 0 % 54032 2.3 %
Future Proof 53 % 27.4 % 73 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 9345 0 % 8523 8.8 %
Single Thread Score 2349.7 6.2 % 2506 0 %
Encrypting Data 4076.3 MB/s 43.7 % 7237.6 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 216.7 MB/s 0 % 139.2 MB/s 35.8 %
String objects sorting 28818.4 thousand/s 0 % 16253.3 thousand/s 43.6 %
Prime numbers generation 64.5 millions/s 44.9 % 117.2 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 51216.9 millions/s 0 % 32564 millions/s 36.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 33725.7 millions/s 0 % 23289.9 millions/s 30.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6900K, Ryzen 5 3500X.

Average frames per second Core i7-6900K Ryzen 5 3500X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.9 FPS 115.1 FPS
High settings 190.2 FPS 184.2 FPS
Medium settings 237.7 FPS 230.3 FPS
Low settings 297.1 FPS 287.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.1 %

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 3500X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 147.8 FPS 145.6 FPS
High settings 236.6 FPS 232.9 FPS
Medium settings 295.7 FPS 291.2 FPS
Low settings 369.6 FPS 364.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.5 %
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