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Intel logo Core i9-7920X
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Intel logo Core i7-6900K

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General information Core i9-7920X Core i7-6900K
Launched Q3 2017 Q2 2016
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 FCLGA2011-3
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Skylake-X Broadwell-E
Clock 2.9 GHz 9.4 % 3.2 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.4 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 9.1 %
Cores 12 0 % 8 33.3 %
Threads 24 0 % 16 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 140 W 0 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 12 × 32 kB Instruction
12 × 32 kB Data
8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 12 × 1 MB
8 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 16.5 MB
1 × 20 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-7920X Core i7-6900K
Overall Score 62510 0 % 55285 11.6 %
Future Proof 60 % 0 % 53 % 11.7 %
Benchmark Score 15268 0 % 9342 38.8 %
Single Thread Score 2523.5 0 % 2324 7.9 %
Encrypting Data 8829.6 MB/s 0 % 4080.3 MB/s 53.8 %
Compressing Data 370.7 MB/s 0 % 218.9 MB/s 41 %
String objects sorting 47545.6 thousand/s 0 % 28904.4 thousand/s 39.2 %
Prime numbers generation 82.8 millions/s 0 % 63.9 millions/s 22.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 83678 millions/s 0 % 51627.9 millions/s 38.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 52085.5 millions/s 0 % 33123.4 millions/s 36.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7920X, Core i7-6900K.

Average frames per second Core i9-7920X Core i7-6900K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 140.4 FPS 118.9 FPS
High settings 224.6 FPS 190.3 FPS
Medium settings 280.8 FPS 237.8 FPS
Low settings 351.0 FPS 297.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 15.3 %

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 i9-7920X Core i7-6900K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 160.7 FPS 147.9 FPS
High settings 257.1 FPS 236.7 FPS
Medium settings 321.3 FPS 295.8 FPS
Low settings 401.7 FPS 369.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.9 %
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