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General information Core i7-6800K Core2 Duo E8600
Launched Q2 2016 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Wolfdale
Clock 3.4 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 2.9 %
Cores 6 0 % 2 66.7 %
Threads 12 0 % 2 83.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 65 W 53.6 %
Lithography 14 nm 68.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-6800K Core2 Duo E8600
Overall Score 51252 0 % 30622 40.3 %
Future Proof 53 % 0 % 10 % 81.1 %
Benchmark Score 6900 0 % 879 87.3 %
Single Thread Score 2253.8 0 % 1394.4 38.1 %
Encrypting Data 2903.3 MB/s 0 % 2008.5 MB/s 30.8 %
Compressing Data 157.5 MB/s 0 % 28 MB/s 82.2 %
String objects sorting 20866.1 thousand/s 0 % 3795.1 thousand/s 81.8 %
Prime numbers generation 47.7 millions/s 0 % 11.1 millions/s 76.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 37463 millions/s 0 % 6036.9 millions/s 83.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 24665 millions/s 0 % 3467.1 millions/s 85.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6800K, Core2 Duo E8600.

Average frames per second Core i7-6800K Core2 Duo E8600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 107.0 FPS 45.9 FPS
High settings 171.2 FPS 73.4 FPS
Medium settings 214.0 FPS 91.8 FPS
Low settings 267.6 FPS 114.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 57.1 %

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 i7-6800K Core2 Duo E8600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 141.5 FPS 104.7 FPS
High settings 226.3 FPS 167.5 FPS
Medium settings 282.9 FPS 209.3 FPS
Low settings 353.6 FPS 261.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 26 %
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