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Intel logo Core i7-6900K
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General information Core i7-6900K Ryzen 5 3500X
Launched Q2 2016 Q4 2019
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket FCLGA2011-3 AM4
Series Name Intel Core i7 AMD Ryzen 5
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Matisse
Clock 3.2 GHz 11.1 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 2.4 % 4.1 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 6 25 %
Threads 16 0 % 6 62.5 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 65 W 53.6 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 7 nm 50 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 64 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
6 × 512 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 20 MB
2 × 16 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-6900K Ryzen 5 3500X
Overall Score 55407 0 % 54160 2.3 %
Future Proof 53 % 27.4 % 73 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 9425 0 % 8604 8.7 %
Single Thread Score 2354.7 5.3 % 2486 0 %
Encrypting Data 4044 MB/s 44.4 % 7274.1 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 218.7 MB/s 0 % 139.3 MB/s 36.3 %
String objects sorting 28574 thousand/s 0 % 16385 thousand/s 42.7 %
Prime numbers generation 63.7 millions/s 46 % 117.9 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 51401.4 millions/s 0 % 32333.4 millions/s 37.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 33247.3 millions/s 0 % 23290.9 millions/s 29.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6900K, Ryzen 5 3500X.

Average frames per second Core i7-6900K Ryzen 5 3500X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.8 FPS 115.1 FPS
High settings 190.0 FPS 184.1 FPS
Medium settings 237.5 FPS 230.2 FPS
Low settings 296.9 FPS 287.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.1 %

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 i7-6900K Ryzen 5 3500X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 148.0 FPS 145.8 FPS
High settings 236.7 FPS 233.2 FPS
Medium settings 295.9 FPS 291.5 FPS
Low settings 369.9 FPS 364.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.5 %
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