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General information Core i7-4960X Core i7-860
Launched Q1 2013 Q3 2009
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA1156
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge-E Lynnfield
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 22.2 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.5 GHz 12.5 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 8 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 95 W 26.9 %
Lithography 22 nm 51.1 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 15 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-4960X Core i7-860
Overall Score 50541 0 % 37275 26.2 %
Future Proof 34 % 0 % 14 % 58.8 %
Benchmark Score 6525 0 % 1931 70.4 %
Single Thread Score 2069.5 0 % 1327.3 35.9 %
Encrypting Data 3019 MB/s 31.7 % 4417.2 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 163.4 MB/s 0 % 63.7 MB/s 61 %
String objects sorting 22829.9 thousand/s 0 % 8906.3 thousand/s 61 %
Prime numbers generation 48.4 millions/s 0 % 20.9 millions/s 56.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 37250.2 millions/s 0 % 16149.3 millions/s 56.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 18570 millions/s 0 % 6852.1 millions/s 63.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-4960X, Core i7-860.

Average frames per second Core i7-4960X Core i7-860
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 104.8 FPS 65.4 FPS
High settings 167.7 FPS 104.7 FPS
Medium settings 209.6 FPS 130.8 FPS
Low settings 262.0 FPS 163.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 37.6 %

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 i7-4960X Core i7-860
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 139.7 FPS 116.3 FPS
High settings 223.5 FPS 186.0 FPS
Medium settings 279.4 FPS 232.5 FPS
Low settings 349.3 FPS 290.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 16.8 %
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