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Intel logo Core i7-4960X
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General information Core i7-4960X Core i5-3550
Launched Q1 2013 Q1 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge-E Ivy Bridge
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 8.3 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.7 GHz 7.5 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 77 W 40.8 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 22 nm 0 %
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 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-4960X Core i5-3550
Overall Score 50664 0 % 42092 16.9 %
Future Proof 34 % 0 % 28 % 17.6 %
Benchmark Score 6589 0 % 3139 52.4 %
Single Thread Score 2084.1 0 % 1995 4.3 %
Encrypting Data 2986 MB/s 0 % 1213.9 MB/s 59.3 %
Compressing Data 162.7 MB/s 0 % 73.2 MB/s 55 %
String objects sorting 22898.9 thousand/s 0 % 9402.8 thousand/s 58.9 %
Prime numbers generation 48.1 millions/s 0 % 28.9 millions/s 39.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 37065 millions/s 0 % 15399.6 millions/s 58.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 18737.1 millions/s 0 % 11293.7 millions/s 39.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-4960X, Core i5-3550.

Average frames per second Core i7-4960X Core i5-3550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 104.7 FPS 79.4 FPS
High settings 167.6 FPS 127.0 FPS
Medium settings 209.5 FPS 158.7 FPS
Low settings 261.8 FPS 198.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 24.2 %

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 i7-4960X Core i5-3550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 139.6 FPS 124.4 FPS
High settings 223.3 FPS 199.1 FPS
Medium settings 279.1 FPS 248.9 FPS
Low settings 348.9 FPS 311.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 10.8 %
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