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Intel logo Core i7-5960X
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General information Core i7-5960X Core i7-6700T
Launched Q3 2014 Q4 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 0 % 2.8 GHz 6.7 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 2.8 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 4 50 %
Threads 16 0 % 8 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 35 W 75 %
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 i7-6700T
Overall Score 53636 0 % 46536 13.2 %
Future Proof 43 % 14 % 50 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 8276 0 % 4690 43.3 %
Single Thread Score 1970.1 5.8 % 2090.5 0 %
Encrypting Data 3705.4 MB/s 0 % 2517.5 MB/s 32.1 %
Compressing Data 192.8 MB/s 0 % 98.4 MB/s 49 %
String objects sorting 27562.7 thousand/s 0 % 13091.7 thousand/s 52.5 %
Prime numbers generation 62.1 millions/s 0 % 24.9 millions/s 59.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47798 millions/s 0 % 23617.1 millions/s 50.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 23620.5 millions/s 0 % 14586.6 millions/s 38.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

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

Average frames per second Core i7-5960X Core i7-6700T
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 114.0 FPS 92.9 FPS
High settings 182.5 FPS 148.7 FPS
Medium settings 228.1 FPS 185.9 FPS
Low settings 285.1 FPS 232.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 18.5 %

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 i7-6700T
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 145.1 FPS 132.6 FPS
High settings 232.1 FPS 212.2 FPS
Medium settings 290.1 FPS 265.2 FPS
Low settings 362.7 FPS 331.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.6 %
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