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General information Core i7-6900K Core i5-655K
Launched Q2 2016 Q2 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2011-3 LGA1156
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Clarkdale
Clock 3.2 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.5 GHz 12.5 %
Cores 8 0 % 2 75 %
Threads 16 0 % 4 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 73 W 47.9 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 20 MB
1 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-6900K Core i5-655K
Overall Score 55271 0 % 33793 38.9 %
Future Proof 53 % 0 % 18 % 66 %
Benchmark Score 9332 0 % 1304 86 %
Single Thread Score 2330.7 0 % 1440.2 38.2 %
Encrypting Data 4016.5 MB/s 0 % 2980.3 MB/s 25.8 %
Compressing Data 217.9 MB/s 0 % 44.5 MB/s 79.6 %
String objects sorting 28669.6 thousand/s 0 % 5197.6 thousand/s 81.9 %
Prime numbers generation 64 millions/s 0 % 20.6 millions/s 67.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 50853.2 millions/s 0 % 13451.7 millions/s 73.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 33427 millions/s 0 % 7529.4 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 i5-655K.

Average frames per second Core i7-6900K Core i5-655K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.9 FPS 55.1 FPS
High settings 190.2 FPS 88.2 FPS
Medium settings 237.7 FPS 110.2 FPS
Low settings 297.2 FPS 137.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 53.6 %

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 i5-655K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 147.8 FPS 109.9 FPS
High settings 236.5 FPS 175.9 FPS
Medium settings 295.7 FPS 219.9 FPS
Low settings 369.6 FPS 274.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 25.6 %
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