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General information Core i7-3960X Core i5-8400T
Launched Q4 2011 Q2 2018
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-E Coffee Lake
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 1.7 GHz 48.5 %
Turbo Clock 3.9 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 15.4 %
Cores 6 0 % 6 0 %
Threads 12 0 % 6 50 %
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
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 15 MB
1 × 9 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-3960X Core i5-8400T
Overall Score 48394 0 % 46949 3 %
Future Proof 27 % 58.5 % 65 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 5485 0 % 4859 11.4 %
Single Thread Score 1786.2 6.1 % 1902.7 0 %
Encrypting Data 2545.1 MB/s 0 % 2270.5 MB/s 10.8 %
Compressing Data 137.3 MB/s 0 % 99.6 MB/s 27.4 %
String objects sorting 21047 thousand/s 0 % 12715.4 thousand/s 39.6 %
Prime numbers generation 41.7 millions/s 0 % 31.9 millions/s 23.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 32661.4 millions/s 0 % 20109.8 millions/s 38.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12359.9 millions/s 28.7 % 17335.6 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3960X, Core i5-8400T.

Average frames per second Core i7-3960X Core i5-8400T
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.0 FPS 93.7 FPS
High settings 156.8 FPS 150.0 FPS
Medium settings 196.0 FPS 187.4 FPS
Low settings 245.0 FPS 234.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.4 %

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 Core i5-8400T
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.5 FPS 133.0 FPS
High settings 216.9 FPS 212.8 FPS
Medium settings 271.1 FPS 266.0 FPS
Low settings 338.9 FPS 332.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.9 %
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