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General information Core i7-5960X Core i7-940
Launched Q3 2014 Q4 2008
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 % 2.9 GHz 3.3 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 8.6 %
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 i7-940
Overall Score 53636 0 % 37153 30.7 %
Future Proof 43 % 0 % 10 % 76.7 %
Benchmark Score 8276 0 % 1905 77 %
Single Thread Score 1970.1 0 % 1296.9 34.2 %
Encrypting Data 3705.4 MB/s 14.2 % 4320.3 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 192.8 MB/s 0 % 63.6 MB/s 67 %
String objects sorting 27562.7 thousand/s 0 % 8916.8 thousand/s 67.6 %
Prime numbers generation 62.1 millions/s 0 % 21.8 millions/s 64.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47798 millions/s 0 % 16154.5 millions/s 66.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 23620.5 millions/s 0 % 6943.5 millions/s 70.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5960X, Core i7-940.

Average frames per second Core i7-5960X Core i7-940
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 114.0 FPS 65.0 FPS
High settings 182.5 FPS 104.1 FPS
Medium settings 228.1 FPS 130.1 FPS
Low settings 285.1 FPS 162.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 43 %

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 i7-940
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 145.1 FPS 116.0 FPS
High settings 232.1 FPS 185.7 FPS
Medium settings 290.1 FPS 232.1 FPS
Low settings 362.7 FPS 290.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 20 %
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