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In short — Core i7-5960X outperforms the cheaper Core i7-4930K on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i7-4930K is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i7-5960X is 365 days newer than the cheaper Core i7-4930K.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-5960X
- Performs up to 5% better in Red Dead Redemption 2 than Core i7-4930K - 158 vs 151 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-4930K - 16 vs 12 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i7-4930K
- Up to 37% cheaper than Core i7-5960X - $100.0 vs $159.0
- Up to 35% better value when playing Red Dead Redemption 2 than Core i7-5960X - $0.66 vs $1.01 per FPS
- Consumes up to 7% less energy than Intel Core i7-5960X - 130 vs 140 Watts
Red Dead Redemption 2
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Intel BX80648I75960X Core i7-5960X Haswell 8-Core 3.0GHz LGA 2011 20MB L3 Cache 140W Processor
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Intel Core i7-4930K Processor - BX80633I74930K
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Core i7-5960X
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2014
Core i7-4930K
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2013
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-5960X | vs | Intel Core i7-4930K |
|---|---|---|
Sep 1st, 2014 | Release Date | Sep 1st, 2013 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Haswell E | Codename | Ivy Bridge E |
| Intel Socket 2011-3 | Socket | Intel Socket 2011 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 6 |
16 | Threads | 12 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.4 GHz |
| 3.5 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.9 GHz |
| 140 W | TDP | 130 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 34.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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