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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 53637 0 % 45781 14.6 %
Future Proof 43 % 24.6 % 57 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 8277 0 % 4393 46.9 %
Single Thread Score 1982 21.4 % 2523.1 0 %
Encrypting Data 3694.2 MB/s 0 % 2021.1 MB/s 45.3 %
Compressing Data 191.3 MB/s 0 % 92.7 MB/s 51.5 %
String objects sorting 27924.2 thousand/s 0 % 11428 thousand/s 59.1 %
Prime numbers generation 62.5 millions/s 0 % 31.8 millions/s 49.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47416.7 millions/s 0 % 17938.7 millions/s 62.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 23668.2 millions/s 0 % 15024 millions/s 36.5 %

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 182.3 FPS 145.1 FPS
Medium settings 227.9 FPS 181.3 FPS
Low settings 284.9 FPS 226.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 20.4 %

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 145.3 FPS 131.4 FPS
High settings 232.5 FPS 210.2 FPS
Medium settings 290.6 FPS 262.8 FPS
Low settings 363.2 FPS 328.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.6 %
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