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Intel logo Core i7-6700K
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General information Core i7-6700K Core i7-2600K
Launched Q3 2015 Q4 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1151 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i7
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 % 8 0 %
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 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 530 Intel HD Graphics 3000
Performance Core i7-6700K Core i7-2600K
Overall Score 49017 0 % 43391 11.5 %
Future Proof 49 % 0 % 21 % 57.1 %
Benchmark Score 5773 0 % 3545 38.6 %
Single Thread Score 2519 0 % 1743 30.8 %
Encrypting Data 3079.4 MB/s 0 % 1637.5 MB/s 46.8 %
Compressing Data 121.9 MB/s 0 % 88.8 MB/s 27.2 %
String objects sorting 16006.8 thousand/s 0 % 13411 thousand/s 16.2 %
Prime numbers generation 29.8 millions/s 0 % 25.9 millions/s 12.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 27940.3 millions/s 0 % 21238.5 millions/s 24 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 17378 millions/s 0 % 7900.9 millions/s 54.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6700K, Core i7-2600K.

Average frames per second Core i7-6700K Core i7-2600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 100.3 FPS 83.6 FPS
High settings 160.5 FPS 133.7 FPS
Medium settings 200.6 FPS 167.1 FPS
Low settings 250.7 FPS 208.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 16.7 %

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 i7-2600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 136.9 FPS 127.0 FPS
High settings 219.0 FPS 203.2 FPS
Medium settings 273.7 FPS 253.9 FPS
Low settings 342.2 FPS 317.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.2 %
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