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Intel logo Core i9-7960X
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Intel logo Core i7-5930K

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General information Core i9-7960X Core i7-5930K
Launched Q4 2017 Q3 2014
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 LGA2011-v3
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Skylake-X Haswell-E
Clock 2.8 GHz 20 % 3.5 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.2 GHz 0 % 3.7 GHz 11.9 %
Cores 16 0 % 6 62.5 %
Threads 32 0 % 12 62.5 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 140 W 15.2 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 64 GB 50 %
Lithography 14 nm 36.4 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 16 × 32 kB Instruction
16 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 16 × 1 MB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 22 MB
1 × 15 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-7960X Core i7-5930K
Overall Score 65663 0 % 50826 22.6 %
Future Proof 62 % 0 % 43 % 30.6 %
Benchmark Score 18590 0 % 6673 64.1 %
Single Thread Score 2504 0 % 2062.3 17.6 %
Encrypting Data 11078.1 MB/s 0 % 2900.6 MB/s 73.8 %
Compressing Data 470.8 MB/s 0 % 152.4 MB/s 67.6 %
String objects sorting 59284.3 thousand/s 0 % 21850.8 thousand/s 63.1 %
Prime numbers generation 104.1 millions/s 0 % 48 millions/s 53.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 106833 millions/s 0 % 37878.9 millions/s 64.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 67369.2 millions/s 0 % 18859.4 millions/s 72 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7960X, Core i7-5930K.

Average frames per second Core i9-7960X Core i7-5930K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 149.8 FPS 105.7 FPS
High settings 239.7 FPS 169.1 FPS
Medium settings 299.6 FPS 211.3 FPS
Low settings 374.5 FPS 264.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 29.5 %

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 Core i7-5930K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 166.2 FPS 140.1 FPS
High settings 265.9 FPS 224.2 FPS
Medium settings 332.4 FPS 280.2 FPS
Low settings 415.5 FPS 350.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 15.7 %
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