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General information Core i7-6900K Core i3-3225
Launched Q2 2016 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2011-3 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Ivy Bridge
Clock 3.2 GHz 3 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 2 75 %
Threads 16 0 % 4 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 55 W 60.7 %
Lithography 14 nm 36.4 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 20 MB
1 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-6900K Core i3-3225
Overall Score 55271 0 % 34648 37.3 %
Future Proof 53 % 0 % 31 % 41.5 %
Benchmark Score 9332 0 % 1441 84.6 %
Single Thread Score 2330.7 0 % 1703.2 26.9 %
Encrypting Data 4016.5 MB/s 0 % 3244.4 MB/s 19.2 %
Compressing Data 217.9 MB/s 0 % 44.4 MB/s 79.6 %
String objects sorting 28669.6 thousand/s 0 % 6166.5 thousand/s 78.5 %
Prime numbers generation 64 millions/s 0 % 14.1 millions/s 78 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 50853.2 millions/s 0 % 9760.8 millions/s 80.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 33427 millions/s 0 % 5119.4 millions/s 84.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6900K, Core i3-3225.

Average frames per second Core i7-6900K Core i3-3225
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.9 FPS 57.6 FPS
High settings 190.2 FPS 92.2 FPS
Medium settings 237.7 FPS 115.2 FPS
Low settings 297.2 FPS 144.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 51.5 %

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 i3-3225
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 147.8 FPS 111.4 FPS
High settings 236.5 FPS 178.3 FPS
Medium settings 295.7 FPS 222.8 FPS
Low settings 369.6 FPS 278.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 24.6 %
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