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Is the Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.00GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: LGA2011-v3
Clockspeed: 3.0 GHz
Turbo Speed: 3.5 GHz
Cores: 8 Threads: 16
Typical TDP: 140 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 8 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 8 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 8 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 20 MB
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5960X CPU @ 3.00GHz, Intel Core i7-5960X CPU @ 3.00GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2014
CPUmark/$Price: 60.96
Overall Rank:
965th fastest in multithreading out of 4770 CPUs
1437th fastest in single threading out of 4770 CPUs
315th fastest in out of 1369 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $209.00 USD (2024-07-02)
| Integer Math | 47,642 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 23,824 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 61 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 27,733 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 3,700 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 197,612 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 988 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 12,686 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 1,986 MOps/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
 | $235.05 USD | Buy Now! |
 | $209.00 USD | Buy Now! |
 | NA | CPU Not Available. See Other Models |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 59,235 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,481 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,150 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,619 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,050 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,894 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,284 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,754 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,535 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,172 | |
| Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.00GHz | 12,741 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 221.95 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 168.43 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 146.82 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 138.27 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 134.63 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.64 | |
| Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.00GHz | 60.96 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 55.41 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,629 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,166 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,032 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,919 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,837 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,695 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,470 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,360 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,930 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,567 | |
| Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.00GHz | 1,986 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2147480 - Jul 17 2024 [Overclocked] | 17841 | |
| BL2147168 - Jul 17 2024 | 13108 | |
| BL2137631 - Jul 04 2024 | 13552 | |
| BL2136843 - Jul 03 2024 [Overclocked] | 17880 | |
| BL2134612 - Jun 30 2024 | 13548 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.00GHz | 12,741 | |
| Intel Core i7-5930K @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i7-5960X | 10,326 (-19.0%) | |
| Intel Core i7-8086K @ 4.00GHz vs Intel Core i7-5960X | 14,290 (+12.2%) | |
| Intel Core i7-8700K @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Core i7-5960X | 13,637 (+7.0%) | |
| Intel Core i5-10500 @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i7-5960X | 13,172 (+3.4%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs Intel Core i7-5960X | 17,527 (+37.6%) | |
| Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i7-5960X | 14,464 (+13.5%) | |
| Intel Core i7-9700F @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i7-5960X | 13,250 (+4.0%) | |
| Intel Core i7-9700 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i7-5960X | 13,183 (+3.5%) | |
| AMD FX-9590 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-5960X | 6,777 (-46.8%) | |
| AMD FX-8370 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-5960X | 6,185 (-51.5%) | |
| AMD FX-8320E Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-5960X | 5,085 (-60.1%) | |
| Intel Core i7-7800X @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i7-5960X | 12,888 (+1.2%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900KS | 9,316 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 9,272 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 9,028 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900KS | 8,528 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 8,385 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 8,104 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900KF | 8,009 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D | 7,877 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 7,787 | |
| Intel Core i7-13790F | 7,746 | |
| Intel Core i7-14700K | 7,542 | |
| Intel Core i7-14700KF | 7,533 | |
| Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.00GHz | 2,140 |
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