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Intel logo Core i7-5960X
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General information Core i7-5960X Core i5-10400
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 i5-10400
Overall Score 53560 0 % 52919 1.2 %
Future Proof 43 % 43.4 % 76 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 8229 0 % 7842 4.7 %
Single Thread Score 1986 22.4 % 2559.7 0 %
Encrypting Data 3724.6 MB/s 10.7 % 4169 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 192.5 MB/s 0 % 183.5 MB/s 4.7 %
String objects sorting 27974.5 thousand/s 0 % 23527.7 thousand/s 15.9 %
Prime numbers generation 61.5 millions/s 0 % 34 millions/s 44.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47277.7 millions/s 0 % 41795.2 millions/s 11.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 23784.2 millions/s 9.7 % 26352.2 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 i5-10400.

Average frames per second Core i7-5960X Core i5-10400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.7 FPS 111.9 FPS
High settings 182.0 FPS 179.0 FPS
Medium settings 227.5 FPS 223.8 FPS
Low settings 284.3 FPS 279.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.6 %

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 i5-10400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 144.6 FPS 143.5 FPS
High settings 231.4 FPS 229.6 FPS
Medium settings 289.3 FPS 287.0 FPS
Low settings 361.6 FPS 358.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.8 %
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