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General information Core i7-3960X Ryzen 5 1400
Launched Q4 2011 Q2 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA2011 AM4
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme AMD Ryzen 5
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-E Summit Ridge
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 3 %
Turbo Clock 3.9 GHz 0 % 3.4 GHz 12.8 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 8 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 65 W 50 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 14 nm 56.3 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Data
4 × 64 kB Instruction
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
4 × 512 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 15 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-3960X Ryzen 5 1400
Overall Score 48394 0 % 47450 2 %
Future Proof 27 % 54.2 % 59 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 5485 0 % 5069 7.6 %
Single Thread Score 1786.2 5 % 1880.9 0 %
Encrypting Data 2545.1 MB/s 64.7 % 7211.3 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 137.3 MB/s 0 % 101.3 MB/s 26.2 %
String objects sorting 21047 thousand/s 0 % 12429.5 thousand/s 40.9 %
Prime numbers generation 41.7 millions/s 0 % 20 millions/s 52.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 32661.4 millions/s 0 % 25477 millions/s 22 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12359.9 millions/s 5.9 % 13140.2 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3960X, Ryzen 5 1400.

Average frames per second Core i7-3960X Ryzen 5 1400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.0 FPS 95.2 FPS
High settings 156.8 FPS 152.4 FPS
Medium settings 196.0 FPS 190.5 FPS
Low settings 245.0 FPS 238.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.8 %

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 Ryzen 5 1400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.5 FPS 133.9 FPS
High settings 216.9 FPS 214.2 FPS
Medium settings 271.1 FPS 267.8 FPS
Low settings 338.9 FPS 334.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.2 %
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