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General information Core i7-3960X A8-9600
Launched Q4 2011 Q2 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA2011 AM4
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme AMD A8
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-E Bristol Ridge
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 3.1 GHz 6.1 %
Turbo Clock 3.9 GHz 0 % 3.4 GHz 12.8 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 65 W 50 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 28 nm 12.5 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Data
2 × 96 kB Instruction
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
2 × 1 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-3960X A8-9600
Overall Score 48276 0 % 38227 20.8 %
Future Proof 27 % 54.2 % 59 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 5431 0 % 2135 60.7 %
Single Thread Score 1797 0 % 1478.6 17.7 %
Encrypting Data 2539.9 MB/s 0 % 1039.3 MB/s 59.1 %
Compressing Data 138.1 MB/s 0 % 54.4 MB/s 60.6 %
String objects sorting 20963 thousand/s 0 % 5938.3 thousand/s 71.7 %
Prime numbers generation 41.9 millions/s 0 % 11.1 millions/s 73.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 32925 millions/s 0 % 17773.5 millions/s 46 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12359.9 millions/s 0 % 5486.4 millions/s 55.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3960X, A8-9600.

Average frames per second Core i7-3960X A8-9600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.1 FPS 68.3 FPS
High settings 156.9 FPS 109.2 FPS
Medium settings 196.2 FPS 136.5 FPS
Low settings 245.2 FPS 170.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 30.4 %

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 A8-9600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.6 FPS 117.9 FPS
High settings 217.0 FPS 188.6 FPS
Medium settings 271.2 FPS 235.8 FPS
Low settings 339.0 FPS 294.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 13.1 %
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