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Intel logo Core i7-5960X
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General information Core i7-5960X Core i7-8700T
Launched Q3 2014 Q1 2018
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Haswell-E Coffee Lake
Clock 3 GHz 0 % 2.4 GHz 20 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 12.5 % 4 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 6 25 %
Threads 16 0 % 12 25 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 35 W 75 %
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 × 12 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-5960X Core i7-8700T
Overall Score 53636 0 % 50649 5.6 %
Future Proof 43 % 31.7 % 63 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 8276 0 % 6581 20.5 %
Single Thread Score 1988 12.9 % 2281.2 0 %
Encrypting Data 3694.2 MB/s 0 % 3534.1 MB/s 4.3 %
Compressing Data 193.2 MB/s 0 % 138.7 MB/s 28.2 %
String objects sorting 27840.8 thousand/s 0 % 18881.2 thousand/s 32.2 %
Prime numbers generation 61.7 millions/s 0 % 30.1 millions/s 51.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47464.4 millions/s 0 % 37210.4 millions/s 21.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 23739.7 millions/s 0 % 23088 millions/s 2.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

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

Average frames per second Core i7-5960X Core i7-8700T
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 114.0 FPS 105.1 FPS
High settings 182.5 FPS 168.2 FPS
Medium settings 228.1 FPS 210.3 FPS
Low settings 285.1 FPS 262.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.8 %

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 i7-8700T
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 145.1 FPS 139.8 FPS
High settings 232.1 FPS 223.7 FPS
Medium settings 290.1 FPS 279.7 FPS
Low settings 362.7 FPS 349.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.6 %
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