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Intel logo Core i7-6900K
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General information Core i7-6900K Core i7-980
Launched Q2 2016 Q3 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2011-3 LGA1366
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Gulftown
Clock 3.2 GHz 3 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.6 GHz 10 %
Cores 8 0 % 6 25 %
Threads 16 0 % 12 25 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 130 W 7.1 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 20 MB
1 × 12 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-6900K Core i7-980
Overall Score 55285 0 % 46001 16.8 %
Future Proof 53 % 0 % 26 % 50.9 %
Benchmark Score 9342 0 % 4478 52.1 %
Single Thread Score 2314.6 0 % 1534.4 33.7 %
Encrypting Data 4068.2 MB/s 0 % 2682.6 MB/s 34.1 %
Compressing Data 220 MB/s 0 % 116.8 MB/s 46.9 %
String objects sorting 28388.2 thousand/s 0 % 15957.3 thousand/s 43.8 %
Prime numbers generation 64.4 millions/s 0 % 31.8 millions/s 50.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 51627.9 millions/s 0 % 29265 millions/s 43.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 33458 millions/s 0 % 12257.4 millions/s 63.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6900K, Core i7-980.

Average frames per second Core i7-6900K Core i7-980
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.9 FPS 91.3 FPS
High settings 190.3 FPS 146.1 FPS
Medium settings 237.8 FPS 182.6 FPS
Low settings 297.3 FPS 228.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 23.2 %

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 i7-980
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 148.0 FPS 131.7 FPS
High settings 236.8 FPS 210.6 FPS
Medium settings 296.0 FPS 263.3 FPS
Low settings 370.0 FPS 329.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 11 %
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