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General information Core i7-5960X Core i7-4790K
Launched Q3 2014 Q2 2014
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA1150
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Haswell-E Haswell Refresh
Clock 3 GHz 25 % 4 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 20.5 % 4.4 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 4 50 %
Threads 16 0 % 8 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 88 W 37.1 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 20 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-5960X Core i7-4790K
Overall Score 53590 0 % 47789 10.8 %
Future Proof 43 % 0 % 42 % 2.3 %
Benchmark Score 8248 0 % 5215 36.8 %
Single Thread Score 1995 19.4 % 2474.9 0 %
Encrypting Data 3698.6 MB/s 0 % 2237.2 MB/s 39.5 %
Compressing Data 194.7 MB/s 0 % 118.7 MB/s 39 %
String objects sorting 27742.2 thousand/s 0 % 16453.6 thousand/s 40.7 %
Prime numbers generation 61.4 millions/s 0 % 34.2 millions/s 44.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 48023.1 millions/s 0 % 29154.6 millions/s 39.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 23824 millions/s 0 % 14641.6 millions/s 38.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5960X, Core i7-4790K.

Average frames per second Core i7-5960X Core i7-4790K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.9 FPS 96.6 FPS
High settings 182.2 FPS 154.6 FPS
Medium settings 227.8 FPS 193.2 FPS
Low settings 284.7 FPS 241.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 15.2 %

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 i7-4790K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 144.9 FPS 134.7 FPS
High settings 231.8 FPS 215.5 FPS
Medium settings 289.7 FPS 269.4 FPS
Low settings 362.1 FPS 336.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 7 %
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