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General information Core i7-4960X Core i5-8600
Launched Q1 2013 Q2 2018
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge-E Coffee Lake
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.1 GHz 13.9 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 7 % 4.3 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 6 0 %
Threads 12 0 % 6 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 65 W 50 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 14 nm 36.4 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 15 MB
1 × 9 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-4960X Core i5-8600
Overall Score 50540 0 % 50367 0.3 %
Future Proof 34 % 47.7 % 65 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 6525 0 % 6435 1.4 %
Single Thread Score 2077.8 20.1 % 2600.6 0 %
Encrypting Data 3013 MB/s 3.2 % 3111.6 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 164.5 MB/s 0 % 137.7 MB/s 16.3 %
String objects sorting 23152.1 thousand/s 0 % 17285.2 thousand/s 25.3 %
Prime numbers generation 48.3 millions/s 0 % 38.7 millions/s 19.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 36694.7 millions/s 0 % 27968.4 millions/s 23.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 18588.6 millions/s 20 % 23241.7 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-4960X, Core i5-8600.

Average frames per second Core i7-4960X Core i5-8600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 104.8 FPS 104.3 FPS
High settings 167.7 FPS 166.9 FPS
Medium settings 209.6 FPS 208.6 FPS
Low settings 262.0 FPS 260.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.5 %

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 i7-4960X Core i5-8600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 139.5 FPS 139.2 FPS
High settings 223.2 FPS 222.7 FPS
Medium settings 279.0 FPS 278.4 FPS
Low settings 348.8 FPS 348.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.2 %
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