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Intel logo Core i7-6900K
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Intel logo Core i5-10600K

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General information Core i7-6900K Core i5-10600K
Launched Q2 2016 Q2 2020
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2011-3 FCLGA1200
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Comet Lake
Clock 3.2 GHz 22 % 4.1 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 16.7 % 4.8 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 6 25 %
Threads 16 0 % 12 25 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 125 W 10.7 %
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 × 12 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-6900K Core i5-10600K
Overall Score 55407 0 % 55302 0.2 %
Future Proof 53 % 30.3 % 76 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 9425 0 % 9353 0.8 %
Single Thread Score 2354.7 20 % 2943.5 0 %
Encrypting Data 4044 MB/s 18.8 % 4982.5 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 218.7 MB/s 0 % 209.7 MB/s 4.2 %
String objects sorting 28574 thousand/s 0 % 26603.5 thousand/s 6.9 %
Prime numbers generation 63.7 millions/s 0 % 45.7 millions/s 28.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 51401.4 millions/s 0 % 47497.2 millions/s 7.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 33247.3 millions/s 0 % 29748.4 millions/s 10.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6900K, Core i5-10600K.

Average frames per second Core i7-6900K Core i5-10600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.8 FPS 118.5 FPS
High settings 190.0 FPS 189.6 FPS
Medium settings 237.5 FPS 237.0 FPS
Low settings 296.9 FPS 296.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.2 %

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 Core i5-10600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 148.0 FPS 147.7 FPS
High settings 236.7 FPS 236.4 FPS
Medium settings 295.9 FPS 295.5 FPS
Low settings 369.9 FPS 369.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.2 %
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