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Intel logo Core i7-5960X
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General information Core i7-5960X Core i5-6400
Launched Q3 2014 Q3 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Haswell-E Skylake-S
Clock 3 GHz 0 % 2.7 GHz 10 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 5.7 %
Cores 8 0 % 4 50 %
Threads 16 0 % 4 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 65 W 53.6 %
Maximum supported RAM 64 GB 0 % 64 GB 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 14 nm 36.4 %
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 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-5960X Core i5-6400
Overall Score 53568 0 % 42756 20.2 %
Future Proof 43 % 12.2 % 49 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 8234 0 % 3342 59.4 %
Single Thread Score 1989 0 % 1947.3 2.1 %
Encrypting Data 3674.8 MB/s 0 % 1501.4 MB/s 59.1 %
Compressing Data 192.8 MB/s 0 % 69.6 MB/s 63.9 %
String objects sorting 27637 thousand/s 0 % 8853.4 thousand/s 68 %
Prime numbers generation 61.1 millions/s 0 % 25.9 millions/s 57.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47877.2 millions/s 0 % 13625.8 millions/s 71.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 24013.6 millions/s 0 % 11655.4 millions/s 51.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5960X, Core i5-6400.

Average frames per second Core i7-5960X Core i5-6400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.8 FPS 81.7 FPS
High settings 182.1 FPS 130.7 FPS
Medium settings 227.7 FPS 163.4 FPS
Low settings 284.6 FPS 204.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 28.2 %

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 i5-6400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 144.9 FPS 125.8 FPS
High settings 231.8 FPS 201.3 FPS
Medium settings 289.8 FPS 251.7 FPS
Low settings 362.2 FPS 314.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 13.1 %
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