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Intel logo Core i7-5960X
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General information Core i7-5960X Core i5-7600K
Launched Q3 2014 Q1 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 FCLGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Haswell-E Kaby Lake-S
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 % 91 W 35 %
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 i5-7600K
Overall Score 53636 0 % 45785 14.6 %
Future Proof 43 % 24.6 % 57 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 8276 0 % 4394 46.9 %
Single Thread Score 1970.1 22.5 % 2543.5 0 %
Encrypting Data 3705.4 MB/s 0 % 2020 MB/s 45.5 %
Compressing Data 192.8 MB/s 0 % 92.1 MB/s 52.2 %
String objects sorting 27562.7 thousand/s 0 % 11568 thousand/s 58 %
Prime numbers generation 62.1 millions/s 0 % 32.2 millions/s 48.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47798 millions/s 0 % 18014.2 millions/s 62.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 23620.5 millions/s 0 % 15011.1 millions/s 36.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5960X, Core i5-7600K.

Average frames per second Core i7-5960X Core i5-7600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 114.0 FPS 90.7 FPS
High settings 182.5 FPS 145.1 FPS
Medium settings 228.1 FPS 181.4 FPS
Low settings 285.1 FPS 226.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 20.5 %

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 i5-7600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 145.1 FPS 131.3 FPS
High settings 232.1 FPS 210.0 FPS
Medium settings 290.1 FPS 262.5 FPS
Low settings 362.7 FPS 328.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.5 %
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