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Intel logo Core i5-7500
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Intel Core i5-7500 logo Intel Core i7-960 logo
General information Core i5-7500 Core i7-960
Launched Q4 2016 Q4 2009
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1151 LGA1366
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Kaby Lake-S Bloomfield
Clock 3.4 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 5.9 %
Turbo Clock 3.8 GHz 0 % 3.5 GHz 7.9 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 50 % 8 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 50 % 130 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 68.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 6 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Performance Core i5-7500 Core i7-960
Overall Score 44431 0 % 38314 13.8 %
Future Proof 56 % 0 % 15 % 73.2 %
Benchmark Score 3897 0 % 2155 44.7 %
Single Thread Score 2252.7 0 % 1459.5 35.2 %
Encrypting Data 1786.8 MB/s 63.8 % 4939.6 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 81.8 MB/s 0 % 72.1 MB/s 11.9 %
String objects sorting 10218.8 thousand/s 0 % 9853.4 thousand/s 3.6 %
Prime numbers generation 27.9 millions/s 0 % 22.9 millions/s 17.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 15934.3 millions/s 12.1 % 18128.1 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 13242.6 millions/s 0 % 7746.2 millions/s 41.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-7500, Core i7-960.

Average frames per second Core i5-7500 Core i7-960
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 86.7 FPS 68.5 FPS
High settings 138.7 FPS 109.7 FPS
Medium settings 173.4 FPS 137.1 FPS
Low settings 216.7 FPS 171.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 20.9 %

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 i5-7500 Core i7-960
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 128.9 FPS 118.2 FPS
High settings 206.3 FPS 189.0 FPS
Medium settings 257.8 FPS 236.3 FPS
Low settings 322.3 FPS 295.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.4 %
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