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Intel logo Core i7-5960X
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General information Core i7-5960X Core i5-8600T
Launched Q3 2014 Q2 2018
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 % 2.3 GHz 23.3 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 5.4 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 6 25 %
Threads 16 0 % 6 62.5 %
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 × 9 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-5960X Core i5-8600T
Overall Score 53590 0 % 49572 7.5 %
Future Proof 43 % 33.8 % 65 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 8248 0 % 6039 26.8 %
Single Thread Score 1995 12.8 % 2287.8 0 %
Encrypting Data 3698.6 MB/s 0 % 3166.1 MB/s 14.4 %
Compressing Data 194.7 MB/s 0 % 120.8 MB/s 37.9 %
String objects sorting 27742.2 thousand/s 0 % 17113.1 thousand/s 38.3 %
Prime numbers generation 61.4 millions/s 0 % 46.1 millions/s 24.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 48023.1 millions/s 0 % 24788.9 millions/s 48.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 23824 millions/s 0 % 21632.6 millions/s 9.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5960X, Core i5-8600T.

Average frames per second Core i7-5960X Core i5-8600T
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.9 FPS 101.9 FPS
High settings 182.2 FPS 163.0 FPS
Medium settings 227.8 FPS 203.8 FPS
Low settings 284.7 FPS 254.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 10.5 %

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 i7-5960X Core i5-8600T
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 144.9 FPS 137.8 FPS
High settings 231.8 FPS 220.5 FPS
Medium settings 289.7 FPS 275.6 FPS
Low settings 362.1 FPS 344.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.9 %
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