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Intel logo Core i9-7960X
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Intel logo Core i5-6500

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General information Core i9-7960X Core i5-6500
Launched Q4 2017 Q3 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Skylake-X Skylake-S
Clock 2.8 GHz 12.5 % 3.2 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.2 GHz 0 % 3.6 GHz 14.3 %
Cores 16 0 % 4 75 %
Threads 32 0 % 4 87.5 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 65 W 60.6 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 64 GB 50 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 16 × 32 kB Instruction
16 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 16 × 1 MB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 22 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i9-7960X Core i5-6500
Overall Score 65663 0 % 43679 33.5 %
Future Proof 62 % 0 % 49 % 21 %
Benchmark Score 18590 0 % 3640 80.4 %
Single Thread Score 2496.5 0 % 2093.1 16.2 %
Encrypting Data 11111.7 MB/s 0 % 1652.3 MB/s 85.1 %
Compressing Data 471.3 MB/s 0 % 76 MB/s 83.9 %
String objects sorting 59520.7 thousand/s 0 % 9387.3 thousand/s 84.2 %
Prime numbers generation 103.8 millions/s 0 % 27.8 millions/s 73.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 107156 millions/s 0 % 14754.8 millions/s 86.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 66363.7 millions/s 0 % 12529.7 millions/s 81.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7960X, Core i5-6500.

Average frames per second Core i9-7960X Core i5-6500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 149.8 FPS 84.4 FPS
High settings 239.7 FPS 135.1 FPS
Medium settings 299.6 FPS 168.8 FPS
Low settings 374.5 FPS 211.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 43.6 %

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 i9-7960X Core i5-6500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 166.2 FPS 127.6 FPS
High settings 265.9 FPS 204.1 FPS
Medium settings 332.4 FPS 255.1 FPS
Low settings 415.5 FPS 318.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 23.3 %
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