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Intel logo Core i9-7900X
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General information Core i9-7900X Core i7-6950X
Launched Q2 2017 Q2 2016
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 LGA2011-v3
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Skylake-X Broadwell-E
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 9.1 %
Turbo Clock 4.5 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 11.1 %
Cores 10 0 % 10 0 %
Threads 20 0 % 20 0 %
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
10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 10 × 1 MB
10 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 13.75 MB
1 × 25 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-7900X Core i7-6950X
Overall Score 60829 0 % 57932 4.8 %
Future Proof 59 % 0 % 53 % 10.2 %
Benchmark Score 13691 0 % 11264 17.7 %
Single Thread Score 2542.3 0 % 2349.4 7.6 %
Encrypting Data 7566 MB/s 0 % 5080.3 MB/s 32.9 %
Compressing Data 313.9 MB/s 0 % 274.3 MB/s 12.6 %
String objects sorting 41547.7 thousand/s 0 % 35270.7 thousand/s 15.1 %
Prime numbers generation 76.2 millions/s 3.5 % 79 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 72830.2 millions/s 0 % 63334.7 millions/s 13 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 45498.8 millions/s 0 % 41295.4 millions/s 9.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7900X, Core i7-6950X.

Average frames per second Core i9-7900X Core i7-6950X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.3 FPS 126.8 FPS
High settings 216.5 FPS 202.9 FPS
Medium settings 270.7 FPS 253.6 FPS
Low settings 338.4 FPS 317.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 6.3 %

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 i9-7900X Core i7-6950X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 158.1 FPS 153.0 FPS
High settings 252.9 FPS 244.7 FPS
Medium settings 316.2 FPS 305.9 FPS
Low settings 395.2 FPS 382.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.2 %
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