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Intel logo Core i7-6850K
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General information Core i7-6850K Core i5-8600K
Launched Q2 2016 Q4 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2011-3 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Coffee Lake
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 7 % 4.3 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 6 0 %
Threads 12 0 % 6 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 95 W 32.1 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 15 MB
1 × 9 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-6850K Core i5-8600K
Overall Score 52180 0 % 50679 2.9 %
Future Proof 53 % 14.5 % 62 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 7413 0 % 6597 11 %
Single Thread Score 2379 9.1 % 2616.3 0 %
Encrypting Data 3148 MB/s 0 % 3097.8 MB/s 1.6 %
Compressing Data 169.1 MB/s 0 % 140.2 MB/s 17.1 %
String objects sorting 22289.9 thousand/s 0 % 17619.4 thousand/s 21 %
Prime numbers generation 50.4 millions/s 0 % 42.3 millions/s 15.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 39857.8 millions/s 0 % 27760.9 millions/s 30.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 25709.5 millions/s 0 % 23976 millions/s 6.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6850K, Core i5-8600K.

Average frames per second Core i7-6850K Core i5-8600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 109.7 FPS 105.2 FPS
High settings 175.5 FPS 168.2 FPS
Medium settings 219.3 FPS 210.3 FPS
Low settings 274.2 FPS 262.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.1 %

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 i5-8600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 142.3 FPS 139.7 FPS
High settings 227.8 FPS 223.5 FPS
Medium settings 284.7 FPS 279.4 FPS
Low settings 355.9 FPS 349.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.8 %
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