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General information Core i7-5960X Core i5-3550
Launched Q3 2014 Q1 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Haswell-E Ivy Bridge
Clock 3 GHz 9.1 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 5.4 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 4 50 %
Threads 16 0 % 4 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 77 W 45 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 20 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-5960X Core i5-3550
Overall Score 53679 0 % 42092 21.6 %
Future Proof 43 % 0 % 28 % 34.9 %
Benchmark Score 8302 0 % 3139 62.2 %
Single Thread Score 1969.1 1.3 % 1995 0 %
Encrypting Data 3699.7 MB/s 0 % 1213.9 MB/s 67.2 %
Compressing Data 193 MB/s 0 % 73.2 MB/s 62.1 %
String objects sorting 27865.6 thousand/s 0 % 9402.8 thousand/s 66.3 %
Prime numbers generation 62.4 millions/s 0 % 28.9 millions/s 53.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47622.7 millions/s 0 % 15399.6 millions/s 67.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 23525.3 millions/s 0 % 11293.7 millions/s 52 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5960X, Core i5-3550.

Average frames per second Core i7-5960X Core i5-3550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.6 FPS 79.4 FPS
High settings 181.8 FPS 127.0 FPS
Medium settings 227.3 FPS 158.7 FPS
Low settings 284.1 FPS 198.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 30.2 %

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 i5-3550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 144.9 FPS 124.4 FPS
High settings 231.8 FPS 199.1 FPS
Medium settings 289.8 FPS 248.9 FPS
Low settings 362.2 FPS 311.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 14.1 %
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