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Intel logo Core i5-10600K
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Intel logo Core i7-5960X

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General information Core i5-10600K Core i7-5960X
Launched Q2 2020 Q3 2014
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1200 LGA2011-v3
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Comet Lake Haswell-E
Clock 4.1 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 26.8 %
Turbo Clock 4.8 GHz 0 % 3.5 GHz 27.1 %
Cores 6 25 % 8 0 %
Threads 12 25 % 16 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 W 10.7 % 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 i5-10600K Core i7-5960X
Overall Score 55172 0 % 53636 2.8 %
Future Proof 76 % 0 % 43 % 43.4 %
Benchmark Score 9265 0 % 8276 10.7 %
Single Thread Score 2905.5 0 % 1982 31.8 %
Encrypting Data 4978.6 MB/s 0 % 3753.8 MB/s 24.6 %
Compressing Data 206.1 MB/s 0 % 194 MB/s 5.9 %
String objects sorting 26628.3 thousand/s 3.9 % 27701.7 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 46.4 millions/s 25.6 % 62.4 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47596.6 millions/s 0.2 % 47702.7 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 29514.8 millions/s 0 % 24001.8 millions/s 18.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-10600K, Core i7-5960X.

Average frames per second Core i5-10600K Core i7-5960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.6 FPS 114.0 FPS
High settings 189.7 FPS 182.5 FPS
Medium settings 237.1 FPS 228.1 FPS
Low settings 296.4 FPS 285.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.8 %

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 i5-10600K Core i7-5960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 147.7 FPS 145.0 FPS
High settings 236.4 FPS 232.0 FPS
Medium settings 295.5 FPS 290.0 FPS
Low settings 369.3 FPS 362.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.8 %
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