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Key Differences
In short — Core i9-10900F outperforms the cheaper Core i7-5960X on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i7-5960X is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i9-10900F is 2068 days newer than the cheaper Core i7-5960X.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-5960X
- Up to 35% cheaper than Core i9-10900F - $159.0 vs $244.77
- Up to 27% better value when playing Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales than Core i9-10900F - $1.37 vs $1.88 per FPS
Advantages of Intel Core i9-10900F
- Performs up to 12% better in Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales than Core i7-5960X - 130 vs 116 FPS
- Consumes up to 54% less energy than Intel Core i7-5960X - 65 vs 140 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-5960X - 20 vs 16 threads
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i7-5960X
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2014
FPS
116
89.23076923076924%
Value, $/FPS
$1.37/FPS
100%
Price, $
$159
100%
Value Winner
Intel BX80648I75960X Core i7-5960X Haswell 8-Core 3.0GHz LGA 2011 20MB L3 Cache 140W Processor
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Updated 359802 minutes ago
Core i9-10900F
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
FPS
130
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.88/FPS
72.87234042553192%
Price, $
$244.77
64%
FPS Winner
Intel Core i9-10900F Desktop Processor 10 Cores up to 5.2 GHz Without Processor Graphics LGA 1200 (Intel 400 Series chipset) 65W
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Updated 359802 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i7-5960X
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2014
Core i9-10900F
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i7-5960X
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2014
Single-Core
1274
76.0143198090692%
Multi-Core
7389
87.69285544742463%
Intel Core i7-5960X | vs | Intel Core i9-10900F |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1st, 2014 | Release Date | Apr 30th, 2020 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Haswell E | Codename | Comet Lake |
| Intel Socket 2011-3 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 8 | Cores | 10 |
| 16 | Threads | 20 |
3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.8 GHz |
| 3.5 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.2 GHz |
| 140 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
30.0x | Multiplier | 28.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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