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Intel Core i9-7960X logo AMD Ryzen 5 4500 logo
General information Core i9-7960X Ryzen 5 4500
Launched Q4 2017 Q2 2022
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket FCLGA2066 AM4
Series Name Intel Core i9 AMD Ryzen 5
Core Family Name Skylake-X Renoir-X
Clock 2.8 GHz 22.2 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.2 GHz 0 % 4.1 GHz 2.4 %
Cores 16 0 % 6 62.5 %
Threads 32 0 % 12 62.5 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 65 W 60.6 %
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
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 16 × 1 MB
6 × 512 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 22 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-7960X Ryzen 5 4500
Overall Score 65644 0 % 56837 13.4 %
Future Proof 62 % 29.5 % 88 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 18569 0 % 10436 43.8 %
Single Thread Score 2503.5 4 % 2607.4 0 %
Encrypting Data 11183.2 MB/s 18.9 % 13782.2 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 467 MB/s 0 % 226.3 MB/s 51.5 %
String objects sorting 59545.1 thousand/s 0 % 24033.9 thousand/s 59.6 %
Prime numbers generation 102.5 millions/s 0 % 34 millions/s 66.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 108650 millions/s 0 % 49639.1 millions/s 54.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 67404 millions/s 0 % 29745.1 millions/s 55.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7960X, Ryzen 5 4500.

Average frames per second Core i9-7960X Ryzen 5 4500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 149.7 FPS 123.5 FPS
High settings 239.5 FPS 197.6 FPS
Medium settings 299.3 FPS 247.0 FPS
Low settings 374.1 FPS 308.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.5 %

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 5 4500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 165.8 FPS 150.4 FPS
High settings 265.2 FPS 240.6 FPS
Medium settings 331.5 FPS 300.7 FPS
Low settings 414.4 FPS 375.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.3 %
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