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General information Core i7-6900K A8-6600K
Launched Q2 2016 Q2 2013
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket FCLGA2011-3 FM2
Series Name Intel Core i7 AMD A8
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Richland
Clock 3.2 GHz 17.9 % 3.9 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 % 100 W 28.6 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
4 × 16 kB Data
2 × 64 kB Instruction
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
2 × 1 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-6900K A8-6600K
Overall Score 55270 0 % 37359 32.4 %
Future Proof 53 % 0 % 36 % 32.1 %
Benchmark Score 9332 0 % 1948 79.1 %
Single Thread Score 2342.3 0 % 1524.2 34.9 %
Encrypting Data 4028.7 MB/s 9.6 % 4456.7 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 216.2 MB/s 0 % 50.7 MB/s 76.5 %
String objects sorting 28526.4 thousand/s 0 % 6375.6 thousand/s 77.7 %
Prime numbers generation 64.3 millions/s 0 % 11 millions/s 82.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 50955.8 millions/s 0 % 20111.1 millions/s 60.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 33727.8 millions/s 0 % 5316.5 millions/s 84.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6900K, A8-6600K.

Average frames per second Core i7-6900K A8-6600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.9 FPS 65.7 FPS
High settings 190.2 FPS 105.1 FPS
Medium settings 237.7 FPS 131.3 FPS
Low settings 297.2 FPS 164.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 44.8 %

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 A8-6600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 147.6 FPS 116.2 FPS
High settings 236.2 FPS 186.0 FPS
Medium settings 295.2 FPS 232.5 FPS
Low settings 369.0 FPS 290.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 21.2 %
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