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Intel logo Core i7-4960X
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General information Core i7-4960X Core i7-6700T
Launched Q1 2013 Q4 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge-E Skylake-S
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 22.2 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.6 GHz 10 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 8 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 35 W 73.1 %
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 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-4960X Core i7-6700T
Overall Score 50541 0 % 46539 7.9 %
Future Proof 34 % 32 % 50 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 6525 0 % 4691 28.1 %
Single Thread Score 2082 0.3 % 2088.4 0 %
Encrypting Data 2992 MB/s 0 % 2507.5 MB/s 16.2 %
Compressing Data 164.5 MB/s 0 % 97.8 MB/s 40.5 %
String objects sorting 22852.9 thousand/s 0 % 13301.6 thousand/s 41.8 %
Prime numbers generation 48.1 millions/s 0 % 24.9 millions/s 48.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 36731.8 millions/s 0 % 23572 millions/s 35.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 18662.8 millions/s 0 % 14443.2 millions/s 22.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-4960X, Core i7-6700T.

Average frames per second Core i7-4960X Core i7-6700T
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 104.8 FPS 92.9 FPS
High settings 167.7 FPS 148.7 FPS
Medium settings 209.6 FPS 185.9 FPS
Low settings 262.0 FPS 232.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.3 %

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 i7-4960X Core i7-6700T
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 139.6 FPS 132.5 FPS
High settings 223.4 FPS 212.1 FPS
Medium settings 279.2 FPS 265.1 FPS
Low settings 349.0 FPS 331.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.1 %
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