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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i7-6900K outperforms the more expensive Core i7-5930K on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i7-6900K is 638 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-5930K.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-6900K
- Performs up to 1% better in Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 than Core i7-5930K - 183 vs 182 FPS
- Up to 74% cheaper than Core i7-5930K - $145.0 vs $549.95
- Up to 74% better value when playing Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 than Core i7-5930K - $0.79 vs $3.02 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-5930K - 16 vs 12 threads
Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Core i7-5930K
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2014
FPS
182
99.4535519125683%
Value, $/FPS
$3.02/FPS
26.158940397350992%
Price, $
$549.95
26%
Intel Core i7-5930K Processor 3.5GHz 0GT/s 15MB LGA 2011-v3 CPU Only, BX80648I75930K
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Updated 348672 minutes ago
Core i7-6900K
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
FPS
183
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.79/FPS
100%
Price, $
$145
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Boxed Core i7-6900K Processor (20MB Cache, up to 3.70 GHz) FC-LGA 2011-v3,BX80671I76900K
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In Stock
Updated 348672 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Core i7-5930K
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2014
Core i7-6900K
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i7-5930K
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2014
Single-Core
1156
92.33226837060703%
Multi-Core
5480
76.9879179544816%
Intel Core i7-5930K | vs | Intel Core i7-6900K |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1st, 2014 | Release Date | May 31st, 2016 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Haswell E | Codename | Broadwell-E |
| Intel Socket 2011-3 | Socket | Intel Socket 2011-3 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 8 |
| 12 | Threads | 16 |
3.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| 3.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
| 140 W | TDP | 140 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
35.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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