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Intel logo Core i7-3960X
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General information Core i7-3960X Core i5-6500T
Launched Q4 2011 Q4 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-E Skylake-S
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 2.5 GHz 24.2 %
Turbo Clock 3.9 GHz 0 % 3.1 GHz 20.5 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 35 W 73.1 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 14 nm 56.3 %
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 i7-3960X Core i5-6500T
Overall Score 48276 0 % 41934 13.1 %
Future Proof 27 % 46 % 50 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 5431 0 % 3092 43.1 %
Single Thread Score 1813.2 0 % 1792.8 1.1 %
Encrypting Data 2539.9 MB/s 0 % 1436.6 MB/s 43.4 %
Compressing Data 138.5 MB/s 0 % 62.1 MB/s 55.2 %
String objects sorting 20963 thousand/s 0 % 8035 thousand/s 61.7 %
Prime numbers generation 42.1 millions/s 0 % 25 millions/s 40.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 33056.9 millions/s 0 % 12322.6 millions/s 62.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12347.6 millions/s 0 % 10672.2 millions/s 13.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3960X, Core i5-6500T.

Average frames per second Core i7-3960X Core i5-6500T
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.1 FPS 79.3 FPS
High settings 156.9 FPS 126.8 FPS
Medium settings 196.2 FPS 158.5 FPS
Low settings 245.2 FPS 198.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 19.2 %

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 i7-3960X Core i5-6500T
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.6 FPS 124.4 FPS
High settings 217.0 FPS 199.1 FPS
Medium settings 271.2 FPS 248.9 FPS
Low settings 339.0 FPS 311.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.2 %
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