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Intel logo Core i7-5960X
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General information Core i7-5960X Core i5-10400F
Launched Q3 2014 Q2 2020
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 FCLGA1200
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Haswell-E Comet Lake
Clock 3 GHz 0 % 2.9 GHz 3.3 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 18.6 % 4.3 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 6 25 %
Threads 16 0 % 12 25 %
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 × 12 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-5960X Core i5-10400F
Overall Score 53679 0 % 53130 1 %
Future Proof 43 % 43.4 % 76 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 8302 0 % 7968 4 %
Single Thread Score 1969.1 21.9 % 2522.5 0 %
Encrypting Data 3699.7 MB/s 11 % 4156.1 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 193 MB/s 0 % 182.9 MB/s 5.2 %
String objects sorting 27865.6 thousand/s 0 % 23516.8 thousand/s 15.6 %
Prime numbers generation 62.4 millions/s 0 % 35.2 millions/s 43.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47622.7 millions/s 0 % 41704.2 millions/s 12.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 23525.3 millions/s 9.1 % 25867.9 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5960X, Core i5-10400F.

Average frames per second Core i7-5960X Core i5-10400F
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.6 FPS 112.1 FPS
High settings 181.8 FPS 179.3 FPS
Medium settings 227.3 FPS 224.1 FPS
Low settings 284.1 FPS 280.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.4 %

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 i5-10400F
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 144.9 FPS 143.9 FPS
High settings 231.8 FPS 230.3 FPS
Medium settings 289.8 FPS 287.9 FPS
Low settings 362.2 FPS 359.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.7 %
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