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Intel logo Core i7-5930K
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Intel logo Core i5-8600K

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General information Core i7-5930K Core i5-8600K
Launched Q3 2014 Q4 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Haswell-E Coffee Lake
Clock 3.5 GHz 2.8 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.7 GHz 14 % 4.3 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 6 0 %
Threads 12 0 % 6 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 95 W 32.1 %
Maximum supported RAM 64 GB 50 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 14 nm 36.4 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 15 MB
1 × 9 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-5930K Core i5-8600K
Overall Score 50927 0 % 50805 0.2 %
Future Proof 43 % 30.6 % 62 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 6726 0 % 6662 1 %
Single Thread Score 2030.6 21.6 % 2590.4 0 %
Encrypting Data 2932.5 MB/s 4.7 % 3077.1 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 153.2 MB/s 0 % 138 MB/s 9.9 %
String objects sorting 21710.8 thousand/s 0 % 17527.4 thousand/s 19.3 %
Prime numbers generation 48.3 millions/s 0 % 42.4 millions/s 12.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 37698.8 millions/s 0 % 27797.8 millions/s 26.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 18724.5 millions/s 22.3 % 24105.8 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5930K, Core i5-8600K.

Average frames per second Core i7-5930K Core i5-8600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 105.5 FPS 105.2 FPS
High settings 168.8 FPS 168.2 FPS
Medium settings 211.0 FPS 210.3 FPS
Low settings 263.8 FPS 262.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.3 %

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 i7-5930K Core i5-8600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 140.0 FPS 139.8 FPS
High settings 224.0 FPS 223.7 FPS
Medium settings 280.1 FPS 279.7 FPS
Low settings 350.1 FPS 349.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.1 %
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