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Intel logo Core i7-6700
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General information Core i7-6700 Core i5-680
Launched Q3 2015 Q2 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1151 LGA1156
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Skylake-S Clarkdale
Clock 3.4 GHz 5.6 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.9 GHz 2.5 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 11 % 73 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 8 MB
1 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 530 Intel HD Graphics
Performance Core i7-6700 Core i5-680
Overall Score 47827 0 % 36069 24.6 %
Future Proof 49 % 0 % 18 % 63.3 %
Benchmark Score 5232 0 % 1693 67.6 %
Single Thread Score 2297.6 0 % 1583.2 31.1 %
Encrypting Data 2745.2 MB/s 29.3 % 3883.9 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 111.9 MB/s 0 % 43 MB/s 61.6 %
String objects sorting 14530.9 thousand/s 0 % 5722.8 thousand/s 60.6 %
Prime numbers generation 26.9 millions/s 0 % 10.9 millions/s 59.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 25488.4 millions/s 0 % 10305 millions/s 59.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 15974.6 millions/s 0 % 4401.3 millions/s 72.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6700, Core i5-680.

Average frames per second Core i7-6700 Core i5-680
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 96.7 FPS 61.9 FPS
High settings 154.8 FPS 99.0 FPS
Medium settings 193.5 FPS 123.7 FPS
Low settings 241.8 FPS 154.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 36 %

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 i5-680
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 134.8 FPS 114.2 FPS
High settings 215.8 FPS 182.7 FPS
Medium settings 269.7 FPS 228.3 FPS
Low settings 337.1 FPS 285.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 15.3 %
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