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Intel logo Core i7-6850K
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General information Core i7-6850K Core i7-7740X
Launched Q2 2016 Q3 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2011-3 FCLGA2066
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Kaby Lake-X
Clock 3.6 GHz 16.3 % 4.3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 11.1 % 4.5 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 8 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 112 W 20 %
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 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-6850K Core i7-7740X
Overall Score 52179 0 % 49944 4.3 %
Future Proof 53 % 11.7 % 60 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 7413 0 % 6222 16.1 %
Single Thread Score 2417.4 9.6 % 2674.6 0 %
Encrypting Data 3168.9 MB/s 3.3 % 3276.1 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 167.3 MB/s 0 % 130.2 MB/s 22.2 %
String objects sorting 22128.5 thousand/s 0 % 17462.4 thousand/s 21.1 %
Prime numbers generation 50 millions/s 0 % 31.3 millions/s 37.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 40013.6 millions/s 0 % 30203.7 millions/s 24.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 25712.5 millions/s 0 % 19129.2 millions/s 25.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6850K, Core i7-7740X.

Average frames per second Core i7-6850K Core i7-7740X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 109.7 FPS 103.0 FPS
High settings 175.5 FPS 164.8 FPS
Medium settings 219.3 FPS 206.0 FPS
Low settings 274.1 FPS 257.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 6.1 %

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 i7-7740X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 142.4 FPS 138.5 FPS
High settings 227.9 FPS 221.6 FPS
Medium settings 284.9 FPS 277.0 FPS
Low settings 356.1 FPS 346.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.8 %
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