General information | Core i9-7960X | Core i7-6700K |
---|---|---|
Launched | Q4 2017 | Q3 2015 |
Used in | Desktop | Desktop |
Factory | Intel | Intel |
Socket | FCLGA2066 | LGA1151 |
Series Name | Intel Core i9 | Intel Core i7 |
Core Family Name | Skylake-X | Skylake-S |
Clock | 2.8 GHz 30 % | 4 GHz 0 % |
Turbo Clock | 4.2 GHz 0 % | 4.2 GHz 0 % |
Cores | 16 0 % | 4 75 % |
Threads | 32 0 % | 8 75 % |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 165 W 0 % | 95 W 42.4 % |
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 × 8 MB
|
ECC Supported | No | No |
Multithreading Supported | Yes | Yes |
Performance | Core i9-7960X | Core i7-6700K |
Overall Score | 65633 0 % | 49016 25.3 % |
Future Proof | 62 % 0 % | 49 % 21 % |
Benchmark Score | 18556 0 % | 5772 68.9 % |
Single Thread Score | 2511 0.3 % | 2519 0 % |
Encrypting Data | 11115.7 MB/s 0 % | 3042.7 MB/s 72.6 % |
Compressing Data | 468.2 MB/s 0 % | 122.3 MB/s 73.9 % |
String objects sorting | 59456.3 thousand/s 0 % | 15864 thousand/s 73.3 % |
Prime numbers generation | 104.3 millions/s 0 % | 30.1 millions/s 71.1 % |
Mathemathic operations (integer) | 106818 millions/s 0 % | 28192.3 millions/s 73.6 % |
Mathemathic operations (float) | 66751.1 millions/s 0 % | 17220.6 millions/s 74.2 % |
Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7960X, Core i7-6700K.
Average frames per second | Core i9-7960X | Core i7-6700K |
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Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels Change | ||
Ultra settings | 149.6 FPS | 100.3 FPS |
High settings | 239.4 FPS | 160.5 FPS |
Medium settings | 299.2 FPS | 200.6 FPS |
Low settings | 374.1 FPS | 250.8 FPS |
Difference | 0 % | 33 % |
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 i7-6700K |
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Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels Change | ||
Ultra settings | 166.1 FPS | 136.9 FPS |
High settings | 265.8 FPS | 219.0 FPS |
Medium settings | 332.2 FPS | 273.7 FPS |
Low settings | 415.2 FPS | 342.1 FPS |
Difference | 0 % | 17.6 % |