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Intel logo Core i7-5960X
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General information Core i7-5960X Core i5-6500
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 6.3 % 3.2 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 2.8 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
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 i5-6500
Overall Score 53425 0 % 43509 18.6 %
Future Proof 43 % 12.2 % 49 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 8146 0 % 3584 56 %
Single Thread Score 1998.9 5.8 % 2122.7 0 %
Encrypting Data 3750.1 MB/s 0 % 1662.3 MB/s 55.7 %
Compressing Data 194.3 MB/s 0 % 75.6 MB/s 61.1 %
String objects sorting 27568.6 thousand/s 0 % 9446.1 thousand/s 65.7 %
Prime numbers generation 61.7 millions/s 0 % 27.9 millions/s 54.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47640 millions/s 0 % 14726.4 millions/s 69.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 23637.4 millions/s 0 % 12366.8 millions/s 47.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5960X, Core i5-6500.

Average frames per second Core i7-5960X Core i5-6500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.9 FPS 84.4 FPS
High settings 182.3 FPS 135.0 FPS
Medium settings 227.9 FPS 168.7 FPS
Low settings 284.8 FPS 210.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 25.9 %

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 i5-6500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 145.6 FPS 127.7 FPS
High settings 233.0 FPS 204.3 FPS
Medium settings 291.2 FPS 255.4 FPS
Low settings 364.0 FPS 319.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 12.3 %
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