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Intel logo Core i9-9960X
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General information Core i9-9960X Core i5-6500
Launched Q1 2019 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 3.1 GHz 3.1 % 3.2 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.4 GHz 0 % 3.6 GHz 18.2 %
Cores 16 0 % 4 75 %
Threads 32 0 % 4 87.5 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 65 W 60.6 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 64 GB 50 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 16 × 32 kB Instruction
16 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 16 × 1 MB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 22 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i9-9960X Core i5-6500
Overall Score 66672 0 % 43679 34.5 %
Future Proof 69 % 0 % 49 % 29 %
Benchmark Score 19760 0 % 3640 81.6 %
Single Thread Score 2608.8 0 % 2107.9 19.2 %
Encrypting Data 11366.6 MB/s 0 % 1682.4 MB/s 85.2 %
Compressing Data 499.8 MB/s 0 % 75 MB/s 85 %
String objects sorting 64795 thousand/s 0 % 9519.8 thousand/s 85.3 %
Prime numbers generation 113.6 millions/s 0 % 28.2 millions/s 75.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 118096 millions/s 0 % 14784.2 millions/s 87.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 72980.4 millions/s 0 % 12342.9 millions/s 83.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-9960X, Core i5-6500.

Average frames per second Core i9-9960X Core i5-6500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.7 FPS 84.4 FPS
High settings 244.4 FPS 135.1 FPS
Medium settings 305.5 FPS 168.8 FPS
Low settings 381.9 FPS 211.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 44.7 %

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 Core i5-6500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 168.0 FPS 127.5 FPS
High settings 268.7 FPS 204.0 FPS
Medium settings 335.9 FPS 255.0 FPS
Low settings 419.9 FPS 318.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 24.1 %
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