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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-8600 outperforms the more expensive Core i7-960 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-8600 is 3039 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-960.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8600
- Performs up to 30% better in Dead Island 2 than Core i7-960 - 155 vs 119 FPS
- Up to 41% cheaper than Core i7-960 - $175.0 vs $299.0
- Up to 55% better value when playing Dead Island 2 than Core i7-960 - $1.13 vs $2.51 per FPS
- Consumes up to 50% less energy than Intel Core i7-960 - 65 vs 130 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i7-960
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8600 - 8 vs 6 threads
Dead Island 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-8600
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FPS
155
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.13/FPS
100%
Price, $
$175
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Core i5-8600 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.3GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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Updated 349151 minutes ago
Core i7-960
Desktop • Oct 20th, 2009
FPS
119
76.77419354838709%
Value, $/FPS
$2.51/FPS
45.0199203187251%
Price, $
$299
58%
Intel Core i7-960 Processor 3.20 GHz 8 MB Cache Socket LGA1366
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In Stock
Updated 349150 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-8600
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Core i7-960
Desktop • Oct 20th, 2009
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i7-960
Desktop • Oct 20th, 2009
Single-Core
491
33.722527472527474%
Multi-Core
1663
33.081360652476626%
Intel Core i5-8600 | vs | Intel Core i7-960 |
|---|---|---|
Feb 14th, 2018 | Release Date | Oct 20th, 2009 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Bloomfield |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1366 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 4 |
| 6 | Threads | 8 |
| 3.1 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
4.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.5 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 130 W |
14 nm | Process Size | 45 nm |
31.0x | Multiplier | 24.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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