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Intel logo Core i9-7960X
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General information Core i9-7960X Core i5-6400T
Launched Q4 2017 Q4 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Skylake-X Skylake-S
Clock 2.8 GHz 0 % 2.2 GHz 21.4 %
Turbo Clock 4.2 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 33.3 %
Cores 16 0 % 4 75 %
Threads 32 0 % 4 87.5 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 35 W 78.8 %
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 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i9-7960X Core i5-6400T
Overall Score 65663 0 % 40783 37.9 %
Future Proof 62 % 0 % 50 % 19.4 %
Benchmark Score 18590 0 % 2766 85.1 %
Single Thread Score 2504 0 % 1649.2 34.1 %
Encrypting Data 11246 MB/s 0 % 1236.8 MB/s 89 %
Compressing Data 465.6 MB/s 0 % 56.4 MB/s 87.9 %
String objects sorting 59225.2 thousand/s 0 % 7260.8 thousand/s 87.7 %
Prime numbers generation 103.1 millions/s 0 % 24.1 millions/s 76.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 107478 millions/s 0 % 11113.3 millions/s 89.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 67168.1 millions/s 0 % 9415.6 millions/s 86 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7960X, Core i5-6400T.

Average frames per second Core i9-7960X Core i5-6400T
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 149.8 FPS 75.8 FPS
High settings 239.7 FPS 121.3 FPS
Medium settings 299.6 FPS 151.6 FPS
Low settings 374.5 FPS 189.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 49.4 %

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 i5-6400T
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 166.3 FPS 122.4 FPS
High settings 266.1 FPS 195.9 FPS
Medium settings 332.6 FPS 244.9 FPS
Low settings 415.7 FPS 306.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 26.4 %
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