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General information Core i7-6800K Core i3-540
Launched Q2 2016 Q1 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA1156
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Clarkdale
Clock 3.4 GHz 0 % 3.1 GHz 8.8 %
Cores 6 0 % 2 66.7 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 73 W 47.9 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 15 MB
1 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-6800K Core i3-540
Overall Score 51364 0 % 31563 38.6 %
Future Proof 53 % 0 % 17 % 67.9 %
Benchmark Score 6960 0 % 992 85.7 %
Single Thread Score 2249.3 0 % 1260.8 43.9 %
Encrypting Data 2894.6 MB/s 0 % 2256.8 MB/s 22 %
Compressing Data 159.2 MB/s 0 % 33.2 MB/s 79.1 %
String objects sorting 21117.8 thousand/s 0 % 4599 thousand/s 78.2 %
Prime numbers generation 48.4 millions/s 0 % 10 millions/s 79.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 37200.8 millions/s 0 % 8143.6 millions/s 78.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 24347.2 millions/s 0 % 3468.5 millions/s 85.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6800K, Core i3-540.

Average frames per second Core i7-6800K Core i3-540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 107.2 FPS 48.6 FPS
High settings 171.5 FPS 77.7 FPS
Medium settings 214.4 FPS 97.1 FPS
Low settings 268.0 FPS 121.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 54.7 %

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 i7-6800K Core i3-540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 140.8 FPS 106.1 FPS
High settings 225.3 FPS 169.7 FPS
Medium settings 281.6 FPS 212.1 FPS
Low settings 352.0 FPS 265.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 24.7 %
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