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Intel logo Core i9-9960X
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General information Core i9-9960X Core i7-6700K
Launched Q1 2019 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 3.1 GHz 22.5 % 4 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.4 GHz 0 % 4.2 GHz 4.5 %
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 i9-9960X Core i7-6700K
Overall Score 66672 0 % 49016 26.5 %
Future Proof 69 % 0 % 49 % 29 %
Benchmark Score 19760 0 % 5772 70.8 %
Single Thread Score 2634.9 0 % 2491.5 5.4 %
Encrypting Data 11275.6 MB/s 0 % 3042.7 MB/s 73 %
Compressing Data 498.3 MB/s 0 % 122.9 MB/s 75.3 %
String objects sorting 64860 thousand/s 0 % 15945.3 thousand/s 75.4 %
Prime numbers generation 113.9 millions/s 0 % 29.7 millions/s 73.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 117273 millions/s 0 % 28362 millions/s 75.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 72687.6 millions/s 0 % 17360.6 millions/s 76.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-9960X, Core i7-6700K.

Average frames per second Core i9-9960X Core i7-6700K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.7 FPS 100.3 FPS
High settings 244.4 FPS 160.5 FPS
Medium settings 305.5 FPS 200.6 FPS
Low settings 381.9 FPS 250.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 34.3 %

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 i7-6700K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 168.0 FPS 136.9 FPS
High settings 268.9 FPS 219.1 FPS
Medium settings 336.1 FPS 273.9 FPS
Low settings 420.1 FPS 342.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 18.5 %
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