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General information Core i7-5960X Core i3-4170
Launched Q3 2014 Q2 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA1150
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Haswell-E Haswell Refresh
Clock 3 GHz 18.9 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 2 75 %
Threads 16 0 % 4 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 54 W 61.4 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 20 MB
1 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-5960X Core i3-4170
Overall Score 53636 0 % 39045 27.2 %
Future Proof 43 % 8.5 % 47 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 8276 0 % 2324 71.9 %
Single Thread Score 1982 4.6 % 2078.5 0 %
Encrypting Data 3753.8 MB/s 29.8 % 5350 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 194 MB/s 0 % 51.7 MB/s 73.4 %
String objects sorting 27701.7 thousand/s 0 % 7264 thousand/s 73.8 %
Prime numbers generation 62.4 millions/s 0 % 15.1 millions/s 75.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47702.7 millions/s 0 % 12465.5 millions/s 73.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 24001.8 millions/s 0 % 6298.3 millions/s 73.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5960X, Core i3-4170.

Average frames per second Core i7-5960X Core i3-4170
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 114.0 FPS 70.7 FPS
High settings 182.5 FPS 113.0 FPS
Medium settings 228.1 FPS 141.3 FPS
Low settings 285.1 FPS 176.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 38 %

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 i3-4170
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 145.0 FPS 119.4 FPS
High settings 232.0 FPS 191.0 FPS
Medium settings 290.0 FPS 238.7 FPS
Low settings 362.6 FPS 298.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.7 %
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