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General information Core i7-5960X Core i5-4430
Launched Q3 2014 Q2 2013
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA1150
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Haswell-E Haswell
Clock 3 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 8.6 %
Cores 8 0 % 4 50 %
Threads 16 0 % 4 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 84 W 40 %
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 i5-4430
Overall Score 53636 0 % 41649 22.3 %
Future Proof 43 % 0 % 36 % 16.3 %
Benchmark Score 8276 0 % 3009 63.6 %
Single Thread Score 1970.1 0 % 1790.8 9.1 %
Encrypting Data 3705.4 MB/s 0 % 1146.2 MB/s 69.1 %
Compressing Data 192.8 MB/s 0 % 64.4 MB/s 66.6 %
String objects sorting 27562.7 thousand/s 0 % 8800.1 thousand/s 68.1 %
Prime numbers generation 62.1 millions/s 0 % 29.1 millions/s 53 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47798 millions/s 0 % 13628.6 millions/s 71.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 23620.5 millions/s 0 % 10419 millions/s 55.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5960X, Core i5-4430.

Average frames per second Core i7-5960X Core i5-4430
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 114.0 FPS 78.4 FPS
High settings 182.5 FPS 125.4 FPS
Medium settings 228.1 FPS 156.8 FPS
Low settings 285.1 FPS 196.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 31.2 %

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 i5-4430
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 145.1 FPS 124.0 FPS
High settings 232.1 FPS 198.4 FPS
Medium settings 290.1 FPS 248.0 FPS
Low settings 362.7 FPS 310.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 14.5 %
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