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Intel logo Core i7-5960X
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General information Core i7-5960X Core i5-8400
Launched Q3 2014 Q4 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Haswell-E Coffee Lake
Clock 3 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 6.7 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 12.5 % 4 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 6 25 %
Threads 16 0 % 6 62.5 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 65 W 53.6 %
Maximum supported RAM 64 GB 50 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 14 nm 36.4 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 20 MB
1 × 9 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-5960X Core i5-8400
Overall Score 53636 0 % 49426 7.8 %
Future Proof 43 % 30.6 % 62 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 8276 0 % 5968 27.9 %
Single Thread Score 1980.1 17.3 % 2394.9 0 %
Encrypting Data 3750.1 MB/s 0 % 2765.7 MB/s 26.2 %
Compressing Data 194.6 MB/s 0 % 127 MB/s 34.7 %
String objects sorting 27729.6 thousand/s 0 % 16127.7 thousand/s 41.8 %
Prime numbers generation 62.1 millions/s 0 % 36.9 millions/s 40.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47702.7 millions/s 0 % 25532.9 millions/s 46.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 24049.5 millions/s 0 % 22161.2 millions/s 7.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5960X, Core i5-8400.

Average frames per second Core i7-5960X Core i5-8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 114.0 FPS 101.5 FPS
High settings 182.5 FPS 162.5 FPS
Medium settings 228.1 FPS 203.1 FPS
Low settings 285.1 FPS 253.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 11 %

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 i5-8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 145.0 FPS 137.6 FPS
High settings 232.0 FPS 220.2 FPS
Medium settings 290.0 FPS 275.2 FPS
Low settings 362.6 FPS 344.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.1 %
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