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Intel logo Core i7-5960X
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General information Core i7-5960X Core i5-2500K
Launched Q3 2014 Q4 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Haswell-E Sandy Bridge
Clock 3 GHz 9.1 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 5.4 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 4 50 %
Threads 16 0 % 4 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 95 W 32.1 %
Lithography 22 nm 31.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 20 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-5960X Core i5-2500K
Overall Score 53679 0 % 40500 24.6 %
Future Proof 43 % 0 % 21 % 51.2 %
Benchmark Score 8302 0 % 2690 67.6 %
Single Thread Score 1969.1 0 % 1682 14.6 %
Encrypting Data 3699.7 MB/s 0 % 1038 MB/s 71.9 %
Compressing Data 193 MB/s 0 % 65.8 MB/s 65.9 %
String objects sorting 27865.6 thousand/s 0 % 9014.9 thousand/s 67.6 %
Prime numbers generation 62.4 millions/s 0 % 25.9 millions/s 58.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47622.7 millions/s 0 % 14398.1 millions/s 69.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 23525.3 millions/s 0 % 7466.9 millions/s 68.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5960X, Core i5-2500K.

Average frames per second Core i7-5960X Core i5-2500K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.6 FPS 74.3 FPS
High settings 181.8 FPS 119.0 FPS
Medium settings 227.3 FPS 148.7 FPS
Low settings 284.1 FPS 185.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 34.6 %

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 i7-5960X Core i5-2500K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 144.9 FPS 121.4 FPS
High settings 231.8 FPS 194.3 FPS
Medium settings 289.8 FPS 242.9 FPS
Low settings 362.2 FPS 303.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 16.2 %
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