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Intel logo Core i7-6850K
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General information Core i7-6850K Core i5-6600
Launched Q2 2016 Q3 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2011-3 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Skylake-S
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 8.3 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.9 GHz 2.5 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 65 W 53.6 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 15 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-6850K Core i5-6600
Overall Score 52301 0 % 44564 14.8 %
Future Proof 53 % 0 % 49 % 7.5 %
Benchmark Score 7482 0 % 3944 47.3 %
Single Thread Score 2395.8 0 % 2244.7 6.3 %
Encrypting Data 3137.6 MB/s 0 % 1804 MB/s 42.5 %
Compressing Data 168.9 MB/s 0 % 81 MB/s 52 %
String objects sorting 22288.9 thousand/s 0 % 10035.1 thousand/s 55 %
Prime numbers generation 49.6 millions/s 0 % 29.3 millions/s 40.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 39536.2 millions/s 0 % 15764.8 millions/s 60.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 25940 millions/s 0 % 13322.1 millions/s 48.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6850K, Core i5-6600.

Average frames per second Core i7-6850K Core i5-6600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 109.6 FPS 86.7 FPS
High settings 175.3 FPS 138.7 FPS
Medium settings 219.1 FPS 173.4 FPS
Low settings 273.9 FPS 216.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 20.9 %

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 i7-6850K Core i5-6600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 142.5 FPS 128.8 FPS
High settings 227.9 FPS 206.1 FPS
Medium settings 284.9 FPS 257.6 FPS
Low settings 356.2 FPS 322.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.6 %
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