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Intel logo Core i7-6900K
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General information Core i7-6900K Core i7-9700
Launched Q2 2016 Q2 2019
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2011-3 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Coffee Lake Refresh
Clock 3.2 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 6.3 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 14.9 % 4.7 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 8 0 %
Threads 16 0 % 8 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 65 W 53.6 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
8 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 20 MB
1 × 12 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-6900K Core i7-9700
Overall Score 55407 0 % 54193 2.2 %
Future Proof 53 % 25.4 % 71 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 9425 0 % 8626 8.5 %
Single Thread Score 2354.7 14 % 2737.3 0 %
Encrypting Data 4044 MB/s 2.1 % 4129.7 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 218.7 MB/s 0 % 181.5 MB/s 17 %
String objects sorting 28574 thousand/s 0 % 23619.9 thousand/s 17.3 %
Prime numbers generation 63.7 millions/s 0 % 46.8 millions/s 26.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 51401.4 millions/s 0 % 39756.7 millions/s 22.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 33247.3 millions/s 1.5 % 33761.2 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6900K, Core i7-9700.

Average frames per second Core i7-6900K Core i7-9700
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.8 FPS 115.2 FPS
High settings 190.0 FPS 184.3 FPS
Medium settings 237.5 FPS 230.4 FPS
Low settings 296.9 FPS 288.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 3 %

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 i7-9700
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 148.0 FPS 145.8 FPS
High settings 236.7 FPS 233.3 FPS
Medium settings 295.9 FPS 291.7 FPS
Low settings 369.9 FPS 364.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.4 %
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