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Intel logo Core i7-5960X
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General information Core i7-5960X Core i5-10400F
Launched Q3 2014 Q2 2020
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 FCLGA1200
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Haswell-E Comet Lake
Clock 3 GHz 0 % 2.9 GHz 3.3 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 18.6 % 4.3 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 6 25 %
Threads 16 0 % 12 25 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 65 W 53.6 %
Maximum supported RAM 64 GB 50 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 14 nm 36.4 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 20 MB
1 × 12 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-5960X Core i5-10400F
Overall Score 53636 0 % 52999 1.2 %
Future Proof 43 % 43.4 % 76 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 8276 0 % 7890 4.7 %
Single Thread Score 1986 22.4 % 2559.7 0 %
Encrypting Data 3738.9 MB/s 10.6 % 4180.2 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 194.8 MB/s 0 % 181.2 MB/s 7 %
String objects sorting 27868.6 thousand/s 0 % 23270.7 thousand/s 16.5 %
Prime numbers generation 61.8 millions/s 0 % 35 millions/s 43.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47369.1 millions/s 0 % 41193.9 millions/s 13 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 23739.7 millions/s 8.7 % 25991 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5960X, Core i5-10400F.

Average frames per second Core i7-5960X Core i5-10400F
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 114.0 FPS 112.1 FPS
High settings 182.5 FPS 179.4 FPS
Medium settings 228.1 FPS 224.2 FPS
Low settings 285.1 FPS 280.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.7 %

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 i7-5960X Core i5-10400F
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 145.0 FPS 143.9 FPS
High settings 232.0 FPS 230.2 FPS
Medium settings 290.0 FPS 287.8 FPS
Low settings 362.6 FPS 359.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.8 %
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