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General information Core i9-9960X Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
Launched Q1 2019 Q3 2018
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket FCLGA2066 sTR4
Series Name Intel Core i9 AMD Threadripper
Core Family Name Skylake-X Colfax
Clock 3.1 GHz 11.4 % 3.5 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.4 GHz 0 % 4.4 GHz 0 %
Cores 16 0 % 16 0 %
Threads 32 0 % 32 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 8.3 % 180 W 0 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 87.5 % 1024 GB 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 12 nm 14.3 %
L1 Cache 16 × 32 kB Instruction
16 × 32 kB Data
16 × 64 kB Instruction
16 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 16 × 1 MB
16 × 512 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 22 MB
4 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-9960X Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
Overall Score 66561 0 % 66027 0.8 %
Future Proof 69 % 0 % 66 % 4.3 %
Benchmark Score 19628 0 % 19006 3.2 %
Single Thread Score 2587.1 0 % 2445.7 5.5 %
Encrypting Data 11373.8 MB/s 64.8 % 32295.1 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 497.8 MB/s 0.7 % 501.4 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 64572.6 thousand/s 0 % 56715.7 thousand/s 12.2 %
Prime numbers generation 112.3 millions/s 0 % 65.1 millions/s 42 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 116769 millions/s 9 % 128342 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 72573.6 millions/s 0 % 64765.9 millions/s 10.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-9960X, Ryzen Threadripper 2950X.

Average frames per second Core i9-9960X Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.3 FPS 150.8 FPS
High settings 243.7 FPS 241.3 FPS
Medium settings 304.7 FPS 301.6 FPS
Low settings 380.8 FPS 377.0 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 i9-9960X Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 167.4 FPS 166.5 FPS
High settings 267.8 FPS 266.3 FPS
Medium settings 334.8 FPS 332.9 FPS
Low settings 418.5 FPS 416.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.6 %
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