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Intel logo Core i5-11600K
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Intel logo Core i7-6900K

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General information Core i5-11600K Core i7-6900K
Launched Q2 2021 Q2 2016
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1200 FCLGA2011-3
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Rocket Lake-S Broadwell-E
Clock 3.9 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 17.9 %
Turbo Clock 4.9 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 18.4 %
Cores 6 25 % 8 0 %
Threads 12 25 % 16 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 W 10.7 % 140 W 0 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 512 kB
8 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 12 MB
1 × 20 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i5-11600K Core i7-6900K
Overall Score 59701 0 % 55286 7.4 %
Future Proof 82 % 0 % 53 % 35.4 %
Benchmark Score 12704 0 % 9343 26.5 %
Single Thread Score 3376.1 0 % 2338 30.7 %
Encrypting Data 12452.8 MB/s 0 % 4072.2 MB/s 67.3 %
Compressing Data 238.9 MB/s 0 % 216.3 MB/s 9.5 %
String objects sorting 27977 thousand/s 2.7 % 28761 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 58.4 millions/s 8.8 % 64.1 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 65058.9 millions/s 0 % 51576.5 millions/s 20.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 38035.8 millions/s 0 % 33290.7 millions/s 12.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-11600K, Core i7-6900K.

Average frames per second Core i5-11600K Core i7-6900K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 132.0 FPS 118.9 FPS
High settings 211.2 FPS 190.3 FPS
Medium settings 264.1 FPS 237.8 FPS
Low settings 330.1 FPS 297.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.9 %

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 i5-11600K Core i7-6900K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 156.1 FPS 148.2 FPS
High settings 249.7 FPS 237.2 FPS
Medium settings 312.1 FPS 296.5 FPS
Low settings 390.2 FPS 370.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 5 %
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