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Intel logo Core i7-8086K
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General information Core i7-8086K Core i7-3960X
Launched Q2 2018 Q4 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151-2 LGA2011
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Coffee Lake Sandy Bridge-E
Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 17.5 %
Turbo Clock 5 GHz 0 % 3.9 GHz 22 %
Cores 6 0 % 6 0 %
Threads 12 0 % 12 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 26.9 % 130 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 nm 0 %
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 × 12 MB
1 × 15 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-8086K Core i7-3960X
Overall Score 55163 0 % 48276 12.5 %
Future Proof 65 % 0 % 27 % 58.5 %
Benchmark Score 9259 0 % 5431 41.3 %
Single Thread Score 2840.7 0 % 1802.4 36.6 %
Encrypting Data 5007.6 MB/s 0 % 2560.4 MB/s 48.9 %
Compressing Data 203.4 MB/s 0 % 137.3 MB/s 32.5 %
String objects sorting 26676 thousand/s 0 % 20879 thousand/s 21.7 %
Prime numbers generation 42.2 millions/s 0 % 42 millions/s 0.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47977.9 millions/s 0 % 33221.7 millions/s 30.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 30167.1 millions/s 0 % 12384.5 millions/s 58.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-8086K, Core i7-3960X.

Average frames per second Core i7-8086K Core i7-3960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.5 FPS 98.1 FPS
High settings 189.7 FPS 156.9 FPS
Medium settings 237.1 FPS 196.2 FPS
Low settings 296.4 FPS 245.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.3 %

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 i7-8086K Core i7-3960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 147.7 FPS 135.6 FPS
High settings 236.3 FPS 217.0 FPS
Medium settings 295.4 FPS 271.2 FPS
Low settings 369.3 FPS 339.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.2 %
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