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General information Core i7-4960X A8-6600K
Launched Q1 2013 Q2 2013
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA2011 FM2
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme AMD A8
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge-E Richland
Clock 3.6 GHz 7.7 % 3.9 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 4.8 % 4.2 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 100 W 23.1 %
Lithography 22 nm 31.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 16 kB Data
2 × 64 kB Instruction
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
2 × 1 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-4960X A8-6600K
Overall Score 50541 0 % 37356 26.1 %
Future Proof 34 % 5.6 % 36 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 6525 0 % 1947 70.2 %
Single Thread Score 2069.5 0 % 1545.7 25.3 %
Encrypting Data 3019 MB/s 32.5 % 4473.5 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 163.4 MB/s 0 % 50.9 MB/s 68.8 %
String objects sorting 22829.9 thousand/s 0 % 6395.9 thousand/s 72 %
Prime numbers generation 48.4 millions/s 0 % 11.1 millions/s 77.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 37250.2 millions/s 0 % 20145.2 millions/s 45.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 18570 millions/s 0 % 5280.4 millions/s 71.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-4960X, A8-6600K.

Average frames per second Core i7-4960X A8-6600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 104.8 FPS 65.7 FPS
High settings 167.7 FPS 105.0 FPS
Medium settings 209.6 FPS 131.3 FPS
Low settings 262.0 FPS 164.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 37.4 %

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 i7-4960X A8-6600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 139.7 FPS 116.4 FPS
High settings 223.5 FPS 186.3 FPS
Medium settings 279.4 FPS 232.8 FPS
Low settings 349.3 FPS 291.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 16.7 %
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