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 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 |
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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 % |
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 |
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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 % |