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Intel logo Core i9-7960X
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Intel logo Core i7-7700K

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General information Core i9-7960X Core i7-7700K
Launched Q4 2017 Q4 2016
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Skylake-X Kaby Lake-S
Clock 2.8 GHz 33.3 % 4.2 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.2 GHz 6.7 % 4.5 GHz 0 %
Cores 16 0 % 4 75 %
Threads 32 0 % 8 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 95 W 42.4 %
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 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-7960X Core i7-7700K
Overall Score 65663 0 % 49986 23.9 %
Future Proof 62 % 0 % 56 % 9.7 %
Benchmark Score 18590 0 % 6243 66.4 %
Single Thread Score 2496.5 8.7 % 2735.6 0 %
Encrypting Data 11111.7 MB/s 0 % 3365.7 MB/s 69.7 %
Compressing Data 471.3 MB/s 0 % 134.7 MB/s 71.4 %
String objects sorting 59520.7 thousand/s 0 % 17161.7 thousand/s 71.2 %
Prime numbers generation 103.8 millions/s 0 % 31.3 millions/s 69.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 107156 millions/s 0 % 30749 millions/s 71.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 66363.7 millions/s 0 % 18940.2 millions/s 71.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7960X, Core i7-7700K.

Average frames per second Core i9-7960X Core i7-7700K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 149.8 FPS 103.1 FPS
High settings 239.7 FPS 165.0 FPS
Medium settings 299.6 FPS 206.3 FPS
Low settings 374.5 FPS 257.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 31.1 %

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 i9-7960X Core i7-7700K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 166.2 FPS 138.7 FPS
High settings 265.9 FPS 221.9 FPS
Medium settings 332.4 FPS 277.4 FPS
Low settings 415.5 FPS 346.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 16.6 %
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