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General information Core i7-5960X Core i7-930
Launched Q3 2014 Q1 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA1366
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Haswell-E Bloomfield
Clock 3 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 6.7 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3.1 GHz 11.4 %
Cores 8 0 % 4 50 %
Threads 16 0 % 8 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 130 W 7.1 %
Lithography 22 nm 51.1 % 45 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 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-5960X Core i7-930
Overall Score 53561 0 % 37200 30.5 %
Future Proof 43 % 0 % 17 % 60.5 %
Benchmark Score 8230 0 % 1915 76.7 %
Single Thread Score 2003.9 0 % 1276.8 36.3 %
Encrypting Data 3698.7 MB/s 14.8 % 4341.6 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 193.6 MB/s 0 % 64.1 MB/s 66.9 %
String objects sorting 27808.2 thousand/s 0 % 8662.5 thousand/s 68.8 %
Prime numbers generation 60.4 millions/s 0 % 22 millions/s 63.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47658.6 millions/s 0 % 15732.3 millions/s 67 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 23879.4 millions/s 0 % 6783 millions/s 71.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5960X, Core i7-930.

Average frames per second Core i7-5960X Core i7-930
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.7 FPS 64.9 FPS
High settings 182.0 FPS 103.8 FPS
Medium settings 227.5 FPS 129.8 FPS
Low settings 284.3 FPS 162.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 42.9 %

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 i7-930
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 144.7 FPS 115.7 FPS
High settings 231.5 FPS 185.2 FPS
Medium settings 289.3 FPS 231.5 FPS
Low settings 361.6 FPS 289.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 20 %
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