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General information Core i7-4960X A8-6500
Launched Q1 2013 Q3 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 0 % 3.5 GHz 2.8 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 2.4 % 4.1 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 65 W 50 %
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 A8-6500
Overall Score 50541 0 % 36736 27.3 %
Future Proof 34 % 8.1 % 37 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 6525 0 % 1821 72.1 %
Single Thread Score 2082 0 % 1455.3 30.1 %
Encrypting Data 2995 MB/s 27.8 % 4149.9 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 164.4 MB/s 0 % 46.1 MB/s 72 %
String objects sorting 22875.9 thousand/s 0 % 5848.3 thousand/s 74.4 %
Prime numbers generation 47.6 millions/s 0 % 10.9 millions/s 77.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 37324.2 millions/s 0 % 19168 millions/s 48.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 18700 millions/s 0 % 5160.9 millions/s 72.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-4960X, A8-6500.

Average frames per second Core i7-4960X A8-6500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 104.8 FPS 63.8 FPS
High settings 167.7 FPS 102.1 FPS
Medium settings 209.6 FPS 127.6 FPS
Low settings 262.0 FPS 159.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 39.1 %

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 A8-6500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 139.5 FPS 115.1 FPS
High settings 223.2 FPS 184.2 FPS
Medium settings 279.0 FPS 230.3 FPS
Low settings 348.7 FPS 287.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.5 %
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