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Intel logo Core i7-5960X
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Intel logo Core i7-6700K

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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 53636 0 % 49017 8.6 %
Future Proof 43 % 12.2 % 49 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 8276 0 % 5773 30.2 %
Single Thread Score 1980.1 21.3 % 2516.5 0 %
Encrypting Data 3750.1 MB/s 0 % 3085.5 MB/s 17.7 %
Compressing Data 194.6 MB/s 0 % 122.7 MB/s 36.9 %
String objects sorting 27729.6 thousand/s 0 % 16009.8 thousand/s 42.3 %
Prime numbers generation 62.1 millions/s 0 % 30.2 millions/s 51.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47702.7 millions/s 0 % 28250.6 millions/s 40.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 24049.5 millions/s 0 % 17499.6 millions/s 27.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

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
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 114.0 FPS 100.3 FPS
High settings 182.5 FPS 160.5 FPS
Medium settings 228.1 FPS 200.6 FPS
Low settings 285.1 FPS 250.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 12 %

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 i7-6700K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 145.0 FPS 136.9 FPS
High settings 232.0 FPS 219.1 FPS
Medium settings 290.0 FPS 273.9 FPS
Low settings 362.6 FPS 342.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.6 %
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