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Intel logo Core i7-5930K
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Intel logo Core i7-7740X

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General information Core i7-5930K Core i7-7740X
Launched Q3 2014 Q3 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 FCLGA2066
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Haswell-E Kaby Lake-X
Clock 3.5 GHz 18.6 % 4.3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.7 GHz 17.8 % 4.5 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 8 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 112 W 20 %
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 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-5930K Core i7-7740X
Overall Score 50815 0 % 49931 1.7 %
Future Proof 43 % 28.3 % 60 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 6668 0 % 6216 6.8 %
Single Thread Score 2033.7 24.8 % 2704.8 0 %
Encrypting Data 2887.8 MB/s 11.9 % 3277.7 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 152.9 MB/s 0 % 130.4 MB/s 14.7 %
String objects sorting 21657.3 thousand/s 0 % 17286 thousand/s 20.2 %
Prime numbers generation 47.8 millions/s 0 % 31 millions/s 35.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 37462.5 millions/s 0 % 30202.2 millions/s 19.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 18950 millions/s 0.2 % 18981.6 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5930K, Core i7-7740X.

Average frames per second Core i7-5930K Core i7-7740X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 105.6 FPS 103.0 FPS
High settings 168.9 FPS 164.8 FPS
Medium settings 211.1 FPS 206.0 FPS
Low settings 263.9 FPS 257.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.4 %

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 i7-7740X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 139.9 FPS 138.4 FPS
High settings 223.9 FPS 221.4 FPS
Medium settings 279.9 FPS 276.8 FPS
Low settings 349.8 FPS 346.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.1 %
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