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Intel logo Core i7-8700K
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Intel logo Core i7-5960X

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General information Core i7-8700K Core i7-5960X
Launched Q4 2017 Q3 2014
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151-2 LGA2011-v3
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Coffee Lake Haswell-E
Clock 3.7 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 18.9 %
Turbo Clock 4.7 GHz 0 % 3.5 GHz 25.5 %
Cores 6 25 % 8 0 %
Threads 12 25 % 16 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 32.1 % 140 W 0 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 64 GB 50 %
Lithography 14 nm 36.4 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
8 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 12 MB
1 × 20 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-8700K Core i7-5960X
Overall Score 54502 0 % 53636 1.6 %
Future Proof 62 % 0 % 43 % 30.6 %
Benchmark Score 8824 0 % 8276 6.2 %
Single Thread Score 2737.5 0 % 1997.9 27 %
Encrypting Data 4829.5 MB/s 0 % 3690.5 MB/s 23.6 %
Compressing Data 194.8 MB/s 0 % 193.4 MB/s 0.7 %
String objects sorting 25779.9 thousand/s 7.3 % 27813 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 39.2 millions/s 36.7 % 61.9 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 46117.7 millions/s 3.8 % 47940.9 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 28764.1 millions/s 0 % 23906.5 millions/s 16.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-8700K, Core i7-5960X.

Average frames per second Core i7-8700K Core i7-5960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 116.6 FPS 114.0 FPS
High settings 186.5 FPS 182.5 FPS
Medium settings 233.1 FPS 228.1 FPS
Low settings 291.4 FPS 285.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.2 %

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 i7-8700K Core i7-5960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 146.7 FPS 145.2 FPS
High settings 234.8 FPS 232.3 FPS
Medium settings 293.5 FPS 290.3 FPS
Low settings 366.9 FPS 362.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.1 %
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