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Intel logo Core i7-5960X
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General information Core i7-5960X Core i5-9500F
Launched Q3 2014 Q3 2019
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 Refresh
Clock 3 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 20.5 % 4.4 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 i5-9500F
Overall Score 53581 0 % 50464 5.8 %
Future Proof 43 % 40.3 % 72 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 8242 0 % 6485 21.3 %
Single Thread Score 1990.9 23 % 2585 0 %
Encrypting Data 3715.5 MB/s 0 % 3034.8 MB/s 18.3 %
Compressing Data 192.3 MB/s 0 % 136.1 MB/s 29.2 %
String objects sorting 27789.7 thousand/s 0 % 17366.6 thousand/s 37.5 %
Prime numbers generation 61.8 millions/s 0 % 40.1 millions/s 35.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47476.5 millions/s 0 % 27522.2 millions/s 42 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 23830.6 millions/s 0 % 23717 millions/s 0.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5960X, Core i5-9500F.

Average frames per second Core i7-5960X Core i5-9500F
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.8 FPS 104.5 FPS
High settings 182.1 FPS 167.3 FPS
Medium settings 227.6 FPS 209.1 FPS
Low settings 284.5 FPS 261.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.1 %

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 i5-9500F
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 144.8 FPS 139.3 FPS
High settings 231.7 FPS 222.9 FPS
Medium settings 289.7 FPS 278.7 FPS
Low settings 362.1 FPS 348.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.8 %
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