General information | Core i7-5960X | Core i7-6700K |
---|---|---|
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 25 % | 4 GHz 0 % |
Turbo Clock | 3.5 GHz 16.7 % | 4.2 GHz 0 % |
Cores | 8 0 % | 4 50 % |
Threads | 16 0 % | 8 50 % |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 140 W 0 % | 95 W 32.1 % |
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 i7-6700K |
Overall Score | 53639 0 % | 49113 8.4 % |
Future Proof | 44 % 12 % | 50 % 0 % |
Benchmark Score | 8278 0 % | 5818 29.7 % |
Single Thread Score | 1983 20.6 % | 2498.5 0 % |
Encrypting Data | 3651.7 MB/s 0 % | 3052.9 MB/s 16.4 % |
Compressing Data | 191.2 MB/s 0 % | 122.7 MB/s 35.9 % |
String objects sorting | 27408.8 thousand/s 0 % | 16025.2 thousand/s 41.5 % |
Prime numbers generation | 62.6 millions/s 0 % | 30.2 millions/s 51.7 % |
Mathemathic operations (integer) | 47442 millions/s 0 % | 27988.4 millions/s 41 % |
Mathemathic operations (float) | 23931.9 millions/s 0 % | 17409.4 millions/s 27.3 % |
Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5960X, Core i7-6700K.
Average frames per second | Core i7-5960X | Core i7-6700K |
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Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels Change | ||
Ultra settings | 113.7 FPS | 100.2 FPS |
High settings | 181.9 FPS | 160.4 FPS |
Medium settings | 227.3 FPS | 200.4 FPS |
Low settings | 284.2 FPS | 250.6 FPS |
Difference | 0 % | 11.8 % |
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 i7-6700K |
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Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels Change | ||
Ultra settings | 144.6 FPS | 136.6 FPS |
High settings | 231.3 FPS | 218.5 FPS |
Medium settings | 289.2 FPS | 273.1 FPS |
Low settings | 361.5 FPS | 341.4 FPS |
Difference | 0 % | 5.5 % |