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Intel logo Core i7-6700
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Intel logo Core i5-2300

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General information Core i7-6700 Core i5-2300
Launched Q3 2015 Q1 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1151 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Skylake-S Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.4 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 17.6 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.1 GHz 22.5 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 31.6 % 95 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 8 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 530 Intel HD Graphics 2000
Performance Core i7-6700 Core i5-2300
Overall Score 47827 0 % 38575 19.3 %
Future Proof 49 % 0 % 23 % 53.1 %
Benchmark Score 5232 0 % 2214 57.7 %
Single Thread Score 2282.8 0 % 1443.5 36.8 %
Encrypting Data 2773.8 MB/s 44.6 % 5010.2 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 111 MB/s 0 % 55.7 MB/s 49.8 %
String objects sorting 14439.6 thousand/s 0 % 7751.5 thousand/s 46.3 %
Prime numbers generation 27.1 millions/s 0 % 21.9 millions/s 19.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 25591.2 millions/s 0 % 12201.8 millions/s 52.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 15780.7 millions/s 0 % 6271.4 millions/s 60.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6700, Core i5-2300.

Average frames per second Core i7-6700 Core i5-2300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 96.7 FPS 69.3 FPS
High settings 154.8 FPS 110.9 FPS
Medium settings 193.5 FPS 138.6 FPS
Low settings 241.8 FPS 173.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 28.3 %

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 i7-6700 Core i5-2300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 134.8 FPS 118.5 FPS
High settings 215.6 FPS 189.6 FPS
Medium settings 269.5 FPS 236.9 FPS
Low settings 336.9 FPS 296.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 12.1 %
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