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Intel logo Core i7-5930K
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Intel logo Core i5-6500

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General information Core i7-5930K Core i5-6500
Launched Q3 2014 Q3 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Haswell-E Skylake-S
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 8.6 %
Turbo Clock 3.7 GHz 0 % 3.6 GHz 2.7 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 65 W 53.6 %
Maximum supported RAM 64 GB 0 % 64 GB 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 14 nm 36.4 %
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 i5-6500
Overall Score 50927 0 % 43791 14 %
Future Proof 43 % 12.2 % 49 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 6726 0 % 3678 45.3 %
Single Thread Score 2030.6 4.2 % 2119.4 0 %
Encrypting Data 2932.5 MB/s 0 % 1667.3 MB/s 43.1 %
Compressing Data 153.2 MB/s 0 % 75.9 MB/s 50.5 %
String objects sorting 21710.8 thousand/s 0 % 9493 thousand/s 56.3 %
Prime numbers generation 48.3 millions/s 0 % 27.9 millions/s 42.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 37698.8 millions/s 0 % 14778.5 millions/s 60.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 18724.5 millions/s 0 % 12519.3 millions/s 33.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5930K, Core i5-6500.

Average frames per second Core i7-5930K Core i5-6500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 105.5 FPS 84.4 FPS
High settings 168.8 FPS 135.0 FPS
Medium settings 211.0 FPS 168.8 FPS
Low settings 263.8 FPS 211.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 20 %

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 i5-6500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 140.0 FPS 127.4 FPS
High settings 224.0 FPS 203.9 FPS
Medium settings 280.1 FPS 254.9 FPS
Low settings 350.1 FPS 318.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 9 %
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