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Intel logo Core i7-7800X
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Intel logo Core i5-6500

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General information Core i7-7800X Core i5-6500
Launched Q2 2017 Q3 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Skylake-X Skylake-S
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 8.6 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.6 GHz 10 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 65 W 53.6 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 64 GB 50 %
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 × 1 MB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 8.25 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-7800X Core i5-6500
Overall Score 53852 0 % 43791 18.7 %
Future Proof 59 % 0 % 49 % 16.9 %
Benchmark Score 8410 0 % 3678 56.3 %
Single Thread Score 2397.8 0 % 2119.4 11.6 %
Encrypting Data 4351.3 MB/s 0 % 1667.3 MB/s 61.7 %
Compressing Data 182.5 MB/s 0 % 75.9 MB/s 58.4 %
String objects sorting 23631 thousand/s 0 % 9493 thousand/s 59.8 %
Prime numbers generation 44.9 millions/s 0 % 27.9 millions/s 37.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 41306.8 millions/s 0 % 14778.5 millions/s 64.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 25905.1 millions/s 0 % 12519.3 millions/s 51.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-7800X, Core i5-6500.

Average frames per second Core i7-7800X Core i5-6500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 114.2 FPS 84.4 FPS
High settings 182.7 FPS 135.0 FPS
Medium settings 228.3 FPS 168.8 FPS
Low settings 285.4 FPS 211.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 26.1 %

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 i7-7800X Core i5-6500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 145.2 FPS 127.4 FPS
High settings 232.3 FPS 203.9 FPS
Medium settings 290.4 FPS 254.9 FPS
Low settings 363.0 FPS 318.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 12.2 %
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