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Intel logo Core i9-7900X
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General information Core i9-7900X Core i7-6800K
Launched Q2 2017 Q2 2016
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 LGA2011-v3
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Skylake-X Broadwell-E
Clock 3.3 GHz 2.9 % 3.4 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.5 GHz 0 % 3.8 GHz 15.6 %
Cores 10 0 % 6 40 %
Threads 20 0 % 12 40 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 140 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 10 × 1 MB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 13.75 MB
1 × 15 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-7900X Core i7-6800K
Overall Score 60829 0 % 51363 15.6 %
Future Proof 59 % 0 % 53 % 10.2 %
Benchmark Score 13691 0 % 6960 49.2 %
Single Thread Score 2576.7 0 % 2261.9 12.2 %
Encrypting Data 7613.4 MB/s 0 % 2932.5 MB/s 61.5 %
Compressing Data 315.8 MB/s 0 % 157.8 MB/s 50 %
String objects sorting 41220 thousand/s 0 % 20804.2 thousand/s 49.5 %
Prime numbers generation 76.2 millions/s 0 % 47.8 millions/s 37.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 71811.6 millions/s 0 % 37427.5 millions/s 47.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 45139.1 millions/s 0 % 24272.9 millions/s 46.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7900X, Core i7-6800K.

Average frames per second Core i9-7900X Core i7-6800K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.3 FPS 107.3 FPS
High settings 216.5 FPS 171.7 FPS
Medium settings 270.7 FPS 214.6 FPS
Low settings 338.4 FPS 268.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 20.7 %

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 i7-6800K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 157.6 FPS 141.0 FPS
High settings 252.2 FPS 225.6 FPS
Medium settings 315.3 FPS 282.0 FPS
Low settings 394.1 FPS 352.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 10.6 %
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