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Intel logo Core i9-7900X
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General information Core i9-7900X Core i5-6600K
Launched Q2 2017 Q3 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 FCLGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Skylake-X Skylake-S
Clock 3.3 GHz 5.7 % 3.5 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 % 91 W 35 %
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 i5-6600K
Overall Score 60828 0 % 44963 26.1 %
Future Proof 59 % 0 % 49 % 16.9 %
Benchmark Score 13690 0 % 4087 70.1 %
Single Thread Score 2575.7 0 % 2310.7 10.3 %
Encrypting Data 7490.3 MB/s 0 % 1842.8 MB/s 75.4 %
Compressing Data 312.6 MB/s 0 % 83.7 MB/s 73.2 %
String objects sorting 40888.3 thousand/s 0 % 10546.2 thousand/s 74.2 %
Prime numbers generation 76 millions/s 0 % 31.1 millions/s 59.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 73047.8 millions/s 0 % 16402.1 millions/s 77.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 45273.4 millions/s 0 % 14213.8 millions/s 68.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

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

Average frames per second Core i9-7900X Core i5-6600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.4 FPS 88.2 FPS
High settings 216.7 FPS 141.1 FPS
Medium settings 270.8 FPS 176.4 FPS
Low settings 338.5 FPS 220.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 34.9 %

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 i5-6600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 157.9 FPS 129.9 FPS
High settings 252.6 FPS 207.8 FPS
Medium settings 315.8 FPS 259.7 FPS
Low settings 394.8 FPS 324.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.8 %
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