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Intel logo Core i7-6900K
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Intel logo Core i5-7600K

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General information Core i7-6900K Core i5-7600K
Launched Q2 2016 Q1 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2011-3 FCLGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Kaby Lake-S
Clock 3.2 GHz 15.8 % 3.8 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 % 91 W 35 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 64 GB 50 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 20 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-6900K Core i5-7600K
Overall Score 55407 0 % 45899 17.2 %
Future Proof 53 % 7 % 57 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 9425 0 % 4438 52.9 %
Single Thread Score 2354.7 6.7 % 2524.1 0 %
Encrypting Data 4044 MB/s 0 % 2007.9 MB/s 50.3 %
Compressing Data 218.7 MB/s 0 % 92.5 MB/s 57.7 %
String objects sorting 28574 thousand/s 0 % 11536.5 thousand/s 59.6 %
Prime numbers generation 63.7 millions/s 0 % 31.7 millions/s 50.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 51401.4 millions/s 0 % 17951.7 millions/s 65.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 33247.3 millions/s 0 % 14839.4 millions/s 55.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6900K, Core i5-7600K.

Average frames per second Core i7-6900K Core i5-7600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.8 FPS 90.6 FPS
High settings 190.0 FPS 145.0 FPS
Medium settings 237.5 FPS 181.3 FPS
Low settings 296.9 FPS 226.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 23.7 %

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 Core i5-7600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 148.0 FPS 131.2 FPS
High settings 236.7 FPS 209.9 FPS
Medium settings 295.9 FPS 262.4 FPS
Low settings 369.9 FPS 328.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.3 %
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