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General information Core i5-8600 Core i7-3960X
Launched Q2 2018 Q4 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151-2 LGA2011
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Coffee Lake Sandy Bridge-E
Clock 3.1 GHz 6.1 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.3 GHz 0 % 3.9 GHz 9.3 %
Cores 6 0 % 6 0 %
Threads 6 50 % 12 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 50 % 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 × 9 MB
1 × 15 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Performance Core i5-8600 Core i7-3960X
Overall Score 50362 0 % 48276 4.1 %
Future Proof 65 % 0 % 27 % 58.5 %
Benchmark Score 6433 0 % 5431 15.6 %
Single Thread Score 2582.6 0 % 1797 30.4 %
Encrypting Data 3132.6 MB/s 0 % 2539.9 MB/s 18.9 %
Compressing Data 138.5 MB/s 0 % 138.1 MB/s 0.3 %
String objects sorting 17140.8 thousand/s 18.2 % 20963 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 39.2 millions/s 6.5 % 41.9 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 27753.5 millions/s 15.7 % 32925 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 23539 millions/s 0 % 12359.9 millions/s 47.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-8600, Core i7-3960X.

Average frames per second Core i5-8600 Core i7-3960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 104.3 FPS 98.1 FPS
High settings 166.8 FPS 156.9 FPS
Medium settings 208.5 FPS 196.2 FPS
Low settings 260.7 FPS 245.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.9 %

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 i5-8600 Core i7-3960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 139.3 FPS 135.6 FPS
High settings 222.8 FPS 217.0 FPS
Medium settings 278.5 FPS 271.2 FPS
Low settings 348.1 FPS 339.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.6 %
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