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General information Core i7-5960X A12-9800
Launched Q3 2014 Q4 2016
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA2011-v3 AM4
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme AMD A12
Core Family Name Haswell-E Bristol Ridge
Clock 3 GHz 21.1 % 3.8 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 16.7 % 4.2 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 4 50 %
Threads 16 0 % 4 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 65 W 53.6 %
Lithography 22 nm 21.4 % 28 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Data
2 × 96 kB Instruction
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
2 × 1 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-5960X A12-9800
Overall Score 53561 0 % 39051 27.1 %
Future Proof 43 % 23.2 % 56 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 8230 0 % 2326 71.7 %
Single Thread Score 2003.9 0 % 1661.3 17.1 %
Encrypting Data 3695 MB/s 0 % 1136.5 MB/s 69.2 %
Compressing Data 194.4 MB/s 0 % 59 MB/s 69.7 %
String objects sorting 27697.3 thousand/s 0 % 6295.4 thousand/s 77.3 %
Prime numbers generation 60.8 millions/s 0 % 11 millions/s 81.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47944.3 millions/s 0 % 19780.5 millions/s 58.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 23665.2 millions/s 0 % 6084.1 millions/s 74.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5960X, A12-9800.

Average frames per second Core i7-5960X A12-9800
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.8 FPS 70.7 FPS
High settings 182.1 FPS 113.1 FPS
Medium settings 227.6 FPS 141.3 FPS
Low settings 284.5 FPS 176.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 37.9 %

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 A12-9800
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 144.9 FPS 119.3 FPS
High settings 231.9 FPS 190.8 FPS
Medium settings 289.9 FPS 238.5 FPS
Low settings 362.3 FPS 298.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.7 %
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