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General information Core i7-6700K Core2 Duo E6420
Launched Q3 2015 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1151 PLGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Skylake-S Conroe
Clock 4 GHz 0 % 2.1 GHz 47.5 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 2 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 65 W 31.6 %
Lithography 14 nm 78.5 % 65 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
1 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-6700K Core2 Duo E6420
Overall Score 49017 0 % 26476 46 %
Future Proof 49 % 0 % 10 % 79.6 %
Benchmark Score 5773 0 % 491 91.5 %
Single Thread Score 2511.5 0 % 788.9 68.6 %
Encrypting Data 3033.5 MB/s 0 % 1106.2 MB/s 63.5 %
Compressing Data 121.6 MB/s 0 % 16.3 MB/s 86.6 %
String objects sorting 15751 thousand/s 0 % 2225.8 thousand/s 85.9 %
Prime numbers generation 29.9 millions/s 0 % 5 millions/s 83.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 28083.9 millions/s 0 % 2981.9 millions/s 89.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 17413.8 millions/s 0 % 1628.9 millions/s 90.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6700K, Core2 Duo E6420.

Average frames per second Core i7-6700K Core2 Duo E6420
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 100.2 FPS 35.5 FPS
High settings 160.4 FPS 56.9 FPS
Medium settings 200.5 FPS 71.1 FPS
Low settings 250.6 FPS 88.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 64.5 %

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 Core2 Duo E6420
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 136.8 FPS 97.0 FPS
High settings 218.9 FPS 155.2 FPS
Medium settings 273.6 FPS 194.0 FPS
Low settings 342.0 FPS 242.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 29.1 %
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