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Intel logo Core i7-8700K
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Intel logo Core i7-5960X

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General information Core i7-8700K Core i7-5960X
Launched Q4 2017 Q3 2014
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151-2 LGA2011-v3
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Coffee Lake Haswell-E
Clock 3.7 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 18.9 %
Turbo Clock 4.7 GHz 0 % 3.5 GHz 25.5 %
Cores 6 25 % 8 0 %
Threads 12 25 % 16 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 32.1 % 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 × 256 kB
8 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 12 MB
1 × 20 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-8700K Core i7-5960X
Overall Score 54642 0 % 53679 1.8 %
Future Proof 62 % 0 % 43 % 30.6 %
Benchmark Score 8915 0 % 8302 6.9 %
Single Thread Score 2719.3 0 % 1969.1 27.6 %
Encrypting Data 4793.9 MB/s 0 % 3699.7 MB/s 22.8 %
Compressing Data 196.4 MB/s 0 % 193 MB/s 1.7 %
String objects sorting 25700.9 thousand/s 7.8 % 27865.6 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 39 millions/s 37.5 % 62.4 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 45531.5 millions/s 4.4 % 47622.7 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 28602.4 millions/s 0 % 23525.3 millions/s 17.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-8700K, Core i7-5960X.

Average frames per second Core i7-8700K Core i7-5960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 116.5 FPS 113.6 FPS
High settings 186.4 FPS 181.8 FPS
Medium settings 233.1 FPS 227.3 FPS
Low settings 291.3 FPS 284.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.5 %

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 i7-8700K Core i7-5960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 146.6 FPS 144.9 FPS
High settings 234.5 FPS 231.8 FPS
Medium settings 293.2 FPS 289.8 FPS
Low settings 366.5 FPS 362.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.2 %
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