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Intel logo Core i7-5960X
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General information Core i7-5960X Core i5-7500
Launched Q3 2014 Q4 2016
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 Kaby Lake-S
Clock 3 GHz 11.8 % 3.4 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 7.9 % 3.8 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 i5-7500
Overall Score 53636 0 % 44428 17.2 %
Future Proof 43 % 23.2 % 56 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 8276 0 % 3896 52.9 %
Single Thread Score 1980.1 11.7 % 2243.6 0 %
Encrypting Data 3750.1 MB/s 0 % 1809.2 MB/s 51.8 %
Compressing Data 194.6 MB/s 0 % 81.5 MB/s 58.1 %
String objects sorting 27729.6 thousand/s 0 % 10139.5 thousand/s 63.4 %
Prime numbers generation 62.1 millions/s 0 % 28.1 millions/s 54.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47702.7 millions/s 0 % 15755.9 millions/s 67 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 24049.5 millions/s 0 % 13236.6 millions/s 45 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5960X, Core i5-7500.

Average frames per second Core i7-5960X Core i5-7500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 114.0 FPS 86.7 FPS
High settings 182.5 FPS 138.7 FPS
Medium settings 228.1 FPS 173.3 FPS
Low settings 285.1 FPS 216.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 24 %

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 i5-7500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 145.0 FPS 128.8 FPS
High settings 232.0 FPS 206.1 FPS
Medium settings 290.0 FPS 257.7 FPS
Low settings 362.6 FPS 322.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.2 %
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