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General information Core i7-960 A8-6600K
Launched Q4 2009 Q2 2013
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA1366 FM2
Series Name Intel Core i7 AMD A8
Core Family Name Bloomfield Richland
Clock 3.2 GHz 17.9 % 3.9 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 16.7 % 4.2 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 100 W 23.1 %
Lithography 45 nm 0 % 32 nm 28.9 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
4 × 16 kB Data
2 × 64 kB Instruction
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
2 × 1 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-960 A8-6600K
Overall Score 38407 0 % 37435 2.5 %
Future Proof 15 % 58.3 % 36 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 2176 0 % 1964 9.7 %
Single Thread Score 1452.2 6.4 % 1550.8 0 %
Encrypting Data 4666.2 MB/s 0 % 4186 MB/s 10.3 %
Compressing Data 71.4 MB/s 0 % 50.7 MB/s 29 %
String objects sorting 9912.8 thousand/s 0 % 6397.8 thousand/s 35.5 %
Prime numbers generation 23.2 millions/s 0 % 11 millions/s 52.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 18110.1 millions/s 10.4 % 20207.2 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7684.6 millions/s 0 % 5256.3 millions/s 31.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-960, A8-6600K.

Average frames per second Core i7-960 A8-6600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 68.4 FPS 65.6 FPS
High settings 109.5 FPS 104.9 FPS
Medium settings 136.9 FPS 131.2 FPS
Low settings 171.1 FPS 164.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.2 %

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 i7-960 A8-6600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 117.9 FPS 116.2 FPS
High settings 188.7 FPS 186.0 FPS
Medium settings 235.8 FPS 232.5 FPS
Low settings 294.8 FPS 290.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.4 %
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