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Intel logo Core i9-9960X
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General information Core i9-9960X Core i5-7600K
Launched Q1 2019 Q1 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 FCLGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Skylake-X Kaby Lake-S
Clock 3.1 GHz 18.4 % 3.8 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.4 GHz 0 % 4.2 GHz 4.5 %
Cores 16 0 % 4 75 %
Threads 32 0 % 4 87.5 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 91 W 44.8 %
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 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i9-9960X Core i5-7600K
Overall Score 66672 0 % 45785 31.3 %
Future Proof 69 % 0 % 57 % 17.4 %
Benchmark Score 19760 0 % 4394 77.8 %
Single Thread Score 2611.4 0 % 2530.7 3.1 %
Encrypting Data 11287 MB/s 0 % 2018 MB/s 82.1 %
Compressing Data 505.3 MB/s 0 % 92.3 MB/s 81.7 %
String objects sorting 64860 thousand/s 0 % 11476 thousand/s 82.3 %
Prime numbers generation 112.8 millions/s 0 % 31.8 millions/s 71.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 117861 millions/s 0 % 18032.1 millions/s 84.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 72760.8 millions/s 0 % 14921.8 millions/s 79.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-9960X, Core i5-7600K.

Average frames per second Core i9-9960X Core i5-7600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.7 FPS 90.7 FPS
High settings 244.4 FPS 145.1 FPS
Medium settings 305.5 FPS 181.4 FPS
Low settings 381.9 FPS 226.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 40.6 %

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 i5-7600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 168.0 FPS 131.2 FPS
High settings 268.7 FPS 210.0 FPS
Medium settings 335.9 FPS 262.5 FPS
Low settings 419.9 FPS 328.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 21.9 %
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