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General information Core i7-5960X Core2 Quad Q6700
Launched Q3 2014 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Haswell-E Kentsfield
Clock 3 GHz 0 % 2.7 GHz 10 %
Cores 8 0 % 4 50 %
Threads 16 0 % 4 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 105 W 25 %
Lithography 22 nm 66.2 % 65 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
2 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-5960X Core2 Quad Q6700
Overall Score 53561 0 % 34131 36.3 %
Future Proof 43 % 0 % 10 % 76.7 %
Benchmark Score 8230 0 % 1357 83.5 %
Single Thread Score 1984 0 % 1087.7 45.2 %
Encrypting Data 3669.1 MB/s 0 % 3058.2 MB/s 16.6 %
Compressing Data 191.3 MB/s 0 % 45.5 MB/s 76.2 %
String objects sorting 27697.3 thousand/s 0 % 6151.9 thousand/s 77.8 %
Prime numbers generation 61.1 millions/s 0 % 10.9 millions/s 82.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47991.9 millions/s 0 % 9092.7 millions/s 81.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 23831.8 millions/s 0 % 4449.1 millions/s 81.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5960X, Core2 Quad Q6700.

Average frames per second Core i7-5960X Core2 Quad Q6700
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.8 FPS 56.1 FPS
High settings 182.1 FPS 89.8 FPS
Medium settings 227.6 FPS 112.2 FPS
Low settings 284.5 FPS 140.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 50.7 %

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 Core2 Quad Q6700
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 144.8 FPS 110.5 FPS
High settings 231.7 FPS 176.9 FPS
Medium settings 289.6 FPS 221.1 FPS
Low settings 362.0 FPS 276.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 23.7 %
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