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Intel logo Core i9-9960X
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General information Core i9-9960X Core i7-6900K
Launched Q1 2019 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 3.1 GHz 3.1 % 3.2 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.4 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 9.1 %
Cores 16 0 % 8 50 %
Threads 32 0 % 16 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 140 W 15.2 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 16 × 32 kB Instruction
16 × 32 kB Data
8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 16 × 1 MB
8 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 22 MB
1 × 20 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-9960X Core i7-6900K
Overall Score 66674 0 % 55286 17.1 %
Future Proof 69 % 0 % 53 % 23.2 %
Benchmark Score 19762 0 % 9343 52.7 %
Single Thread Score 2634.9 0 % 2331 11.5 %
Encrypting Data 11469 MB/s 0 % 4056 MB/s 64.6 %
Compressing Data 507.3 MB/s 0 % 216.1 MB/s 57.4 %
String objects sorting 64470.1 thousand/s 0 % 28474.3 thousand/s 55.8 %
Prime numbers generation 112.7 millions/s 0 % 64.3 millions/s 43 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 117743 millions/s 0 % 51833.3 millions/s 56 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 73566 millions/s 0 % 33123.4 millions/s 55 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-9960X, Core i7-6900K.

Average frames per second Core i9-9960X Core i7-6900K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.8 FPS 118.9 FPS
High settings 244.4 FPS 190.3 FPS
Medium settings 305.5 FPS 237.8 FPS
Low settings 381.9 FPS 297.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 22.1 %

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 i9-9960X Core i7-6900K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 167.9 FPS 147.9 FPS
High settings 268.7 FPS 236.7 FPS
Medium settings 335.9 FPS 295.9 FPS
Low settings 419.9 FPS 369.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.9 %
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