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Intel logo Core i9-7960X
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General information Core i9-7960X Core i3-6300
Launched Q4 2017 Q4 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Skylake-X Skylake-S
Clock 2.8 GHz 26.3 % 3.8 GHz 0 %
Cores 16 0 % 2 87.5 %
Threads 32 0 % 4 87.5 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 51 W 69.1 %
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
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 16 × 1 MB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 22 MB
1 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-7960X Core i3-6300
Overall Score 65665 0 % 40919 37.7 %
Future Proof 62 % 0 % 50 % 19.4 %
Benchmark Score 18592 0 % 2804 84.9 %
Single Thread Score 2504 0 % 2287.1 8.7 %
Encrypting Data 11078.1 MB/s 0 % 1391.9 MB/s 87.4 %
Compressing Data 468.9 MB/s 0 % 57.9 MB/s 87.6 %
String objects sorting 59284.3 thousand/s 0 % 7542.9 thousand/s 87.3 %
Prime numbers generation 103.1 millions/s 0 % 15.9 millions/s 84.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 107694 millions/s 0 % 13096.1 millions/s 87.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 67503.2 millions/s 0 % 8061.6 millions/s 88.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7960X, Core i3-6300.

Average frames per second Core i9-7960X Core i3-6300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 149.7 FPS 76.2 FPS
High settings 239.6 FPS 121.9 FPS
Medium settings 299.4 FPS 152.4 FPS
Low settings 374.3 FPS 190.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 49.1 %

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 i3-6300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 166.1 FPS 122.7 FPS
High settings 265.8 FPS 196.3 FPS
Medium settings 332.3 FPS 245.3 FPS
Low settings 415.4 FPS 306.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 26.2 %
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