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Intel logo Core i7-5960X
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General information Core i7-5960X Core i7-6700
Launched Q3 2014 Q3 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Haswell-E Skylake-S
Clock 3 GHz 11.8 % 3.4 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 12.5 % 4 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 4 50 %
Threads 16 0 % 8 50 %
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 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-5960X Core i7-6700
Overall Score 53590 0 % 47827 10.8 %
Future Proof 43 % 12.2 % 49 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 8248 0 % 5232 36.6 %
Single Thread Score 2002.9 13.3 % 2311.3 0 %
Encrypting Data 3683.8 MB/s 0 % 2760 MB/s 25.1 %
Compressing Data 191.4 MB/s 0 % 110.8 MB/s 42.1 %
String objects sorting 27964.4 thousand/s 0 % 14600.7 thousand/s 47.8 %
Prime numbers generation 62.2 millions/s 0 % 27.1 millions/s 56.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47213.2 millions/s 0 % 25487.5 millions/s 46 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 23752.5 millions/s 0 % 15939.8 millions/s 32.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5960X, Core i7-6700.

Average frames per second Core i7-5960X Core i7-6700
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.9 FPS 96.7 FPS
High settings 182.2 FPS 154.8 FPS
Medium settings 227.8 FPS 193.5 FPS
Low settings 284.7 FPS 241.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 15.1 %

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 i7-6700
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 144.9 FPS 134.8 FPS
High settings 231.9 FPS 215.8 FPS
Medium settings 289.9 FPS 269.7 FPS
Low settings 362.3 FPS 337.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 7 %
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