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Intel logo Core i7-4960X
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General information Core i7-4960X Core i7-5820K
Launched Q1 2013 Q3 2014
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA2011-v3
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge-E Haswell-E
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 8.3 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.6 GHz 10 %
Cores 6 0 % 6 0 %
Threads 12 0 % 12 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 7.1 % 140 W 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 22 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 × 15 MB
1 × 15 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-4960X Core i7-5820K
Overall Score 50542 0 % 50223 0.6 %
Future Proof 34 % 20.9 % 43 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 6525 0 % 6362 2.5 %
Single Thread Score 2094.5 0 % 2014 3.8 %
Encrypting Data 2992 MB/s 0 % 2768 MB/s 7.5 %
Compressing Data 162.6 MB/s 0 % 146.1 MB/s 10.1 %
String objects sorting 23083 thousand/s 0 % 20846.7 thousand/s 9.7 %
Prime numbers generation 48.4 millions/s 0 % 46.1 millions/s 4.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 36916.9 millions/s 0 % 35778.2 millions/s 3.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 18384.3 millions/s 0 % 17978 millions/s 2.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-4960X, Core i7-5820K.

Average frames per second Core i7-4960X Core i7-5820K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 104.8 FPS 103.9 FPS
High settings 167.7 FPS 166.2 FPS
Medium settings 209.6 FPS 207.7 FPS
Low settings 262.0 FPS 259.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.9 %

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 i7-4960X Core i7-5820K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 139.6 FPS 139.0 FPS
High settings 223.4 FPS 222.5 FPS
Medium settings 279.2 FPS 278.1 FPS
Low settings 349.0 FPS 347.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.4 %
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