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Intel logo Core i7-5930K
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General information Core i7-5930K Core i5-2550K
Launched Q3 2014 Q1 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Haswell-E Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3.4 GHz 2.9 %
Turbo Clock 3.7 GHz 2.6 % 3.8 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 95 W 32.1 %
Lithography 22 nm 31.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 15 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-5930K Core i5-2550K
Overall Score 50826 0 % 40433 20.4 %
Future Proof 43 % 0 % 28 % 34.9 %
Benchmark Score 6673 0 % 2673 59.9 %
Single Thread Score 2052.1 0 % 1751.5 14.6 %
Encrypting Data 2903.5 MB/s 0 % 1046.2 MB/s 64 %
Compressing Data 151.5 MB/s 0 % 65.6 MB/s 56.7 %
String objects sorting 21960 thousand/s 0 % 9014.9 thousand/s 58.9 %
Prime numbers generation 47.8 millions/s 0 % 25.8 millions/s 46 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 37916.6 millions/s 0 % 14642.3 millions/s 61.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 18859.4 millions/s 0 % 7449.6 millions/s 60.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5930K, Core i5-2550K.

Average frames per second Core i7-5930K Core i5-2550K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 105.7 FPS 74.8 FPS
High settings 169.1 FPS 119.7 FPS
Medium settings 211.3 FPS 149.6 FPS
Low settings 264.2 FPS 187.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 29.2 %

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 i7-5930K Core i5-2550K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 140.1 FPS 121.8 FPS
High settings 224.2 FPS 194.9 FPS
Medium settings 280.2 FPS 243.6 FPS
Low settings 350.3 FPS 304.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 13.1 %
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