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Intel logo Core i7-5930K
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Intel logo Core i5-3550

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General information Core i7-5930K Core i5-3550
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 Ivy Bridge
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 5.7 %
Turbo Clock 3.7 GHz 0 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 77 W 45 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 22 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 i5-3550
Overall Score 50927 0 % 42092 17.3 %
Future Proof 43 % 0 % 28 % 34.9 %
Benchmark Score 6726 0 % 3139 53.3 %
Single Thread Score 2030.6 0 % 1995 1.8 %
Encrypting Data 2932.5 MB/s 0 % 1213.9 MB/s 58.6 %
Compressing Data 153.2 MB/s 0 % 73.2 MB/s 52.2 %
String objects sorting 21710.8 thousand/s 0 % 9402.8 thousand/s 56.7 %
Prime numbers generation 48.3 millions/s 0 % 28.9 millions/s 40.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 37698.8 millions/s 0 % 15399.6 millions/s 59.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 18724.5 millions/s 0 % 11293.7 millions/s 39.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5930K, Core i5-3550.

Average frames per second Core i7-5930K Core i5-3550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 105.5 FPS 79.4 FPS
High settings 168.8 FPS 127.0 FPS
Medium settings 211.0 FPS 158.7 FPS
Low settings 263.8 FPS 198.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 24.8 %

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 i5-3550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 140.0 FPS 124.4 FPS
High settings 224.0 FPS 199.1 FPS
Medium settings 280.1 FPS 248.9 FPS
Low settings 350.1 FPS 311.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.1 %
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