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Intel logo Core i9-7960X
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Intel Core i9-7960X logo AMD Ryzen 7 5800X logo
General information Core i9-7960X Ryzen 7 5800X
Launched Q4 2017 Q4 2020
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket FCLGA2066 AM4
Series Name Intel Core i9 AMD Ryzen 7
Core Family Name Skylake-X Vermeer
Clock 2.8 GHz 26.3 % 3.8 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.2 GHz 10.6 % 4.7 GHz 0 %
Cores 16 0 % 8 50 %
Threads 32 0 % 16 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 105 W 36.4 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 7 nm 50 %
L1 Cache 16 × 32 kB Instruction
16 × 32 kB Data
8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 16 × 1 MB
8 × 512 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 22 MB
1 × 32 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-7960X Ryzen 7 5800X
Overall Score 65644 0 % 65167 0.7 %
Future Proof 62 % 21.5 % 79 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 18569 0 % 18035 2.9 %
Single Thread Score 2518.5 26.5 % 3427.8 0 %
Encrypting Data 11149.7 MB/s 47.6 % 21269.7 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 474.6 MB/s 0 % 337.3 MB/s 28.9 %
String objects sorting 59309.1 thousand/s 0 % 35288.5 thousand/s 40.5 %
Prime numbers generation 103.9 millions/s 18.2 % 127 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 106604 millions/s 0 % 95709.3 millions/s 10.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 66533 millions/s 0 % 52508 millions/s 21.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7960X, Ryzen 7 5800X.

Average frames per second Core i9-7960X Ryzen 7 5800X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 149.7 FPS 148.2 FPS
High settings 239.5 FPS 237.2 FPS
Medium settings 299.3 FPS 296.4 FPS
Low settings 374.1 FPS 370.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 1 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core i9-7960X Ryzen 7 5800X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 166.2 FPS 165.3 FPS
High settings 265.9 FPS 264.5 FPS
Medium settings 332.4 FPS 330.6 FPS
Low settings 415.5 FPS 413.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.5 %
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