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Intel logo Core i7-6900K
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General information Core i7-6900K Core i5-2500K
Launched Q2 2016 Q4 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2011-3 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.2 GHz 3 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.7 GHz 7.5 %
Cores 8 0 % 4 50 %
Threads 16 0 % 4 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 95 W 32.1 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 20 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-6900K Core i5-2500K
Overall Score 55407 0 % 40500 26.9 %
Future Proof 53 % 0 % 21 % 60.4 %
Benchmark Score 9425 0 % 2690 71.5 %
Single Thread Score 2354.7 0 % 1682 28.6 %
Encrypting Data 4044 MB/s 0 % 1038 MB/s 74.3 %
Compressing Data 218.7 MB/s 0 % 65.8 MB/s 69.9 %
String objects sorting 28574 thousand/s 0 % 9014.9 thousand/s 68.5 %
Prime numbers generation 63.7 millions/s 0 % 25.9 millions/s 59.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 51401.4 millions/s 0 % 14398.1 millions/s 72 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 33247.3 millions/s 0 % 7466.9 millions/s 77.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6900K, Core i5-2500K.

Average frames per second Core i7-6900K Core i5-2500K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.8 FPS 74.3 FPS
High settings 190.0 FPS 119.0 FPS
Medium settings 237.5 FPS 148.7 FPS
Low settings 296.9 FPS 185.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 37.4 %

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 i5-2500K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 148.0 FPS 121.4 FPS
High settings 236.7 FPS 194.3 FPS
Medium settings 295.9 FPS 242.9 FPS
Low settings 369.9 FPS 303.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.9 %
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