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Intel logo Core i9-7960X
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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

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
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 %

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 i7-6700K
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 %
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