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Intel logo Core i9-7900X
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Intel logo Core i5-6600

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General information Core i9-7900X Core i5-6600
Launched Q2 2017 Q3 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Skylake-X Skylake-S
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.5 GHz 0 % 3.9 GHz 13.3 %
Cores 10 0 % 4 60 %
Threads 20 0 % 4 80 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 65 W 53.6 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 64 GB 50 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 10 × 1 MB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 13.75 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i9-7900X Core i5-6600
Overall Score 60828 0 % 44468 26.9 %
Future Proof 59 % 0 % 49 % 16.9 %
Benchmark Score 13690 0 % 3910 71.4 %
Single Thread Score 2575.7 0 % 2264.8 12.1 %
Encrypting Data 7490.3 MB/s 0 % 1787.2 MB/s 76.1 %
Compressing Data 312.6 MB/s 0 % 80.6 MB/s 74.2 %
String objects sorting 40888.3 thousand/s 0 % 10143.2 thousand/s 75.2 %
Prime numbers generation 76 millions/s 0 % 29.1 millions/s 61.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 73047.8 millions/s 0 % 15698.4 millions/s 78.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 45273.4 millions/s 0 % 13441.2 millions/s 70.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7900X, Core i5-6600.

Average frames per second Core i9-7900X Core i5-6600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.4 FPS 86.8 FPS
High settings 216.7 FPS 138.9 FPS
Medium settings 270.8 FPS 173.6 FPS
Low settings 338.5 FPS 217.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 35.9 %

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 i9-7900X Core i5-6600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 157.9 FPS 129.0 FPS
High settings 252.6 FPS 206.4 FPS
Medium settings 315.8 FPS 257.9 FPS
Low settings 394.8 FPS 322.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 18.3 %
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