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Intel logo Core i7-6700K
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General information Core i7-6700K Core i5-2550K
Launched Q3 2015 Q1 2012
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 4 GHz 0 % 3.4 GHz 15 %
Turbo Clock 4.2 GHz 0 % 3.8 GHz 9.5 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 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
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 8 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-6700K Core i5-2550K
Overall Score 49016 0 % 40433 17.5 %
Future Proof 49 % 0 % 28 % 42.9 %
Benchmark Score 5772 0 % 2673 53.7 %
Single Thread Score 2519 0 % 1742.7 30.8 %
Encrypting Data 3045.8 MB/s 0 % 1033.7 MB/s 66.1 %
Compressing Data 123.5 MB/s 0 % 66.2 MB/s 46.4 %
String objects sorting 15882.9 thousand/s 0 % 9059.8 thousand/s 43 %
Prime numbers generation 30 millions/s 0 % 26.2 millions/s 12.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 28107 millions/s 0 % 14496.5 millions/s 48.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 17342.2 millions/s 0 % 7554.4 millions/s 56.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6700K, Core i5-2550K.

Average frames per second Core i7-6700K Core i5-2550K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 100.3 FPS 74.8 FPS
High settings 160.5 FPS 119.7 FPS
Medium settings 200.6 FPS 149.6 FPS
Low settings 250.8 FPS 187.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 25.4 %

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 i7-6700K Core i5-2550K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 136.9 FPS 121.8 FPS
High settings 219.1 FPS 194.9 FPS
Medium settings 273.9 FPS 243.6 FPS
Low settings 342.4 FPS 304.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 11 %
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