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Intel logo Core i7-7800X
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General information Core i7-7800X Core i7-5960X
Launched Q2 2017 Q3 2014
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 LGA2011-v3
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Skylake-X Haswell-E
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 14.3 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.5 GHz 12.5 %
Cores 6 25 % 8 0 %
Threads 12 25 % 16 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 140 W 0 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 64 GB 50 %
Lithography 14 nm 36.4 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 1 MB
8 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 8.25 MB
1 × 20 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-7800X Core i7-5960X
Overall Score 53852 0 % 53679 0.3 %
Future Proof 59 % 0 % 43 % 27.1 %
Benchmark Score 8410 0 % 8302 1.3 %
Single Thread Score 2397.8 0 % 1969.1 17.9 %
Encrypting Data 4351.3 MB/s 0 % 3699.7 MB/s 15 %
Compressing Data 182.5 MB/s 5.4 % 193 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 23631 thousand/s 15.2 % 27865.6 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 44.9 millions/s 28 % 62.4 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 41306.8 millions/s 13.3 % 47622.7 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 25905.1 millions/s 0 % 23525.3 millions/s 9.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-7800X, Core i7-5960X.

Average frames per second Core i7-7800X Core i7-5960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 114.2 FPS 113.6 FPS
High settings 182.7 FPS 181.8 FPS
Medium settings 228.3 FPS 227.3 FPS
Low settings 285.4 FPS 284.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.5 %

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 i7-7800X Core i7-5960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 145.2 FPS 144.9 FPS
High settings 232.3 FPS 231.8 FPS
Medium settings 290.4 FPS 289.8 FPS
Low settings 363.0 FPS 362.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.2 %
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