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    Intel Core i7-4790K vs Intel Core i7-5960X

    Intel Core i7-4790K
    Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
    4000 MHz / Cores: 4 / May 2014
    Intel Core i7-4790K
    Intel Core i7-5960X
    Intel Socket 2011-3DESKTOP
    3000 MHz / Cores: 8 / Sep 2014
    Intel Core i7-5960X

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • Intel Core i7-4790K
      100%
    • Intel Core i7-5960X
      128%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • Intel Core i7-4790K
      117%
    • Intel Core i7-5960X
      100%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • Intel Core i7-4790K
      100%
    • Intel Core i7-5960X
      152%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-4790K

    17% higher single threaded performance.
    52 watts lower power draw.
    Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the Intel Core i7-5960X.

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-5960X

    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 52% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
    Around 28% higher average synthetic performance.
    Intel Core i7-5960X

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-5960X

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    Intel Core i7-5960X

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-5960X

    Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.

    Specifications

    Features

    Intel Core i7-4790KIntel Core i7-5960X
    MMX
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSSE3
    SSE4.2
    AVX
    AVX2
    EIST
    Intel 64
    XD bit
    VT-x
    VT-d
    HTT
    AES-NI
    TSX
    TXT
    CLMUL
    FMA3
    F16C
    BMI1
    BMI2
    Boost 2.0

    Architecture

    Intel Core i7-4790KIntel Core i7-5960X
    ArchitectureIntel_HaswellvsIntel_Haswell
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR4
    CodenameHaswellvsHaswell-E
    Release DateMay 2014vsSep 2014

    Cores

    Intel Core i7-4790KIntel Core i7-5960X
    Cores4vs8
    Threads8vs16
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 4600vsNo

    Cache

    Intel Core i7-4790KIntel Core i7-5960X
    L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs20480 KB (shared)

    Physical

    Intel Core i7-4790KIntel Core i7-5960X
    SocketIntel Socket 1150vsIntel Socket 2011-3
    Max Case Temp72°Cvsunknown
    Packagevs
    Die Size177mm²vs356mm²
    Process22 nmvs22 nm

    Performance

    Intel Core i7-4790KIntel Core i7-5960X
    Cpu Frequency4000 MHzvs3000 MHz
    Turbo Clock4400 MHzvs3500 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltageunknownvsunknown
    TDP88 Wvs140 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • Intel Core i7-4790K
      4928 points
    • Intel Core i7-5960X
      3920 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • Intel Core i7-4790K
      21504 points
    • Intel Core i7-5960X
      32256 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

    • Intel Core i7-4790K
      15488
    • Intel Core i7-5960X
      27967

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

    • Intel Core i7-4790K
      4442
    • Intel Core i7-5960X
      4231

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

    • Intel Core i7-4790K
      17114
    • Intel Core i7-5960X
      31457

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

    • Intel Core i7-4790K
      4016
    • Intel Core i7-5960X
      3757

    points - higher is better

    Rendering: POV-Ray 3.7

    • Intel Core i7-4790K
      1807
    • Intel Core i7-5960X
      2702

    points per second - higher is better

    7-zip

    • Intel Core i7-4790K
      25285
    • Intel Core i7-5960X
      38662

    MIPS - higher is better

    3D Particle Movement (Single Threaded)

    • Intel Core i7-4790K
      145.67
    • Intel Core i7-5960X
      114.66

    points - higher is better

    3D Particle Movement (Multi Threaded)

    • Intel Core i7-4790K
      831.12
    • Intel Core i7-5960X
      1243.63

    points - higher is better

    3DMark06 CPU

    • Intel Core i7-4790K
      9476
    • Intel Core i7-5960X
      9924

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

    • Intel Core i7-4790K
      6520
    • Intel Core i7-5960X
      5193

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

    • Intel Core i7-4790K
      25082
    • Intel Core i7-5960X
      33929

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

    • Intel Core i7-4790K
      1.95
    • Intel Core i7-5960X
      1.53

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

    • Intel Core i7-4790K
      9.14
    • Intel Core i7-5960X
      15.05

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • Intel Core i7-4790K
      174
    • Intel Core i7-5960X
      139

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • Intel Core i7-4790K
      846
    • Intel Core i7-5960X
      1387

    points - higher is better

    SuperPI 1M

    • Intel Core i7-4790K
      7.7
    • Intel Core i7-5960X
      10.4

    seconds - lower is better

    wPrime 32

    • Intel Core i7-4790K
      5.94
    • Intel Core i7-5960X
      4.25

    seconds - lower is better

    WinRAR 4.0

    • Intel Core i7-4790K
      5534
    • Intel Core i7-5960X
      7049

    MB/s - higher is better

    x264 Pass 1

    • Intel Core i7-4790K
      189.14
    • Intel Core i7-5960X
      191

    FPS - higher is better

    x264 Pass 2

    • Intel Core i7-4790K
      51.57
    • Intel Core i7-5960X
      82.3

    FPS - higher is better

    TrueCrypt AES

    • Intel Core i7-4790K
      5
    • Intel Core i7-5960X
      8.2

    GB/s

    TrueCrypt Twofish

    • Intel Core i7-4790K
      0.8
    • Intel Core i7-5960X
      1.3

    GB/s

    TrueCrypt Serpent

    • Intel Core i7-4790K
      0.44
    • Intel Core i7-5960X
      0.71

    GB/s

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