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Intel logo Core i7-5930K
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General information Core i7-5930K Core i7-4960X
Launched Q3 2014 Q1 2013
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA2011
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Haswell-E Ivy Bridge-E
Clock 3.5 GHz 2.8 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.7 GHz 7.5 % 4 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 6 0 %
Threads 12 0 % 12 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 130 W 7.1 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 22 nm 0 %
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 × 15 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-5930K Core i7-4960X
Overall Score 50833 0 % 50540 0.6 %
Future Proof 43 % 0 % 34 % 20.9 %
Benchmark Score 6677 0 % 6525 2.3 %
Single Thread Score 2062.3 0 % 2061.2 0.1 %
Encrypting Data 2903.5 MB/s 2.3 % 2971 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 152.7 MB/s 5.9 % 162.3 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 21845.8 thousand/s 4.2 % 22806.9 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 48.3 millions/s 0.1 % 48.4 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 37930.7 millions/s 0 % 37102.1 millions/s 2.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 18981.3 millions/s 0 % 18495.7 millions/s 2.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5930K, Core i7-4960X.

Average frames per second Core i7-5930K Core i7-4960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 105.7 FPS 104.8 FPS
High settings 169.1 FPS 167.7 FPS
Medium settings 211.4 FPS 209.6 FPS
Low settings 264.2 FPS 262.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.8 %

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 i7-5930K Core i7-4960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 140.0 FPS 139.5 FPS
High settings 224.0 FPS 223.2 FPS
Medium settings 280.0 FPS 279.0 FPS
Low settings 350.0 FPS 348.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.4 %
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