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Intel logo Core i7-6900K
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General information Core i7-6900K Core i7-2700K
Launched Q2 2016 Q4 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2011-3 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.2 GHz 8.6 % 3.5 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.9 GHz 2.5 %
Cores 8 0 % 4 50 %
Threads 16 0 % 8 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 95 W 32.1 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 20 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-6900K Core i7-2700K
Overall Score 55285 0 % 43862 20.7 %
Future Proof 53 % 0 % 27 % 49.1 %
Benchmark Score 9342 0 % 3701 60.4 %
Single Thread Score 2347.4 0 % 1817 22.6 %
Encrypting Data 4023.6 MB/s 0 % 1756 MB/s 56.4 %
Compressing Data 218.2 MB/s 0 % 92.2 MB/s 57.8 %
String objects sorting 28904.4 thousand/s 0 % 14023.3 thousand/s 51.5 %
Prime numbers generation 63.4 millions/s 0 % 26 millions/s 59 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 51576.5 millions/s 0 % 21735.8 millions/s 57.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 33156.9 millions/s 0 % 8207 millions/s 75.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6900K, Core i7-2700K.

Average frames per second Core i7-6900K Core i7-2700K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.9 FPS 85.0 FPS
High settings 190.3 FPS 136.0 FPS
Medium settings 237.8 FPS 169.9 FPS
Low settings 297.3 FPS 212.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 28.5 %

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 i7-6900K Core i7-2700K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 147.8 FPS 127.8 FPS
High settings 236.6 FPS 204.4 FPS
Medium settings 295.7 FPS 255.5 FPS
Low settings 369.6 FPS 319.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 13.6 %
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