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Intel logo Core i9-7900X
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Intel logo Core i7-8700

Intel Core i9-7900X logo Intel Core i7-8700 logo
General information Core i9-7900X Core i7-8700
Launched Q2 2017 Q4 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Skylake-X Coffee Lake
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 3 %
Turbo Clock 4.5 GHz 2.2 % 4.6 GHz 0 %
Cores 10 0 % 6 40 %
Threads 20 0 % 12 40 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 65 W 53.6 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 10 × 1 MB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 13.75 MB
1 × 12 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-7900X Core i7-8700
Overall Score 60829 0 % 53705 11.7 %
Future Proof 59 % 4.8 % 62 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 13691 0 % 8319 39.2 %
Single Thread Score 2588.5 1.3 % 2623.8 0 %
Encrypting Data 7550.9 MB/s 0 % 4594.5 MB/s 39.2 %
Compressing Data 316.1 MB/s 0 % 185.9 MB/s 41.2 %
String objects sorting 40847 thousand/s 0 % 24104.1 thousand/s 41 %
Prime numbers generation 76.4 millions/s 0 % 34.7 millions/s 54.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 72467.5 millions/s 0 % 44688.5 millions/s 38.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 44822.4 millions/s 0 % 27715.6 millions/s 38.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7900X, Core i7-8700.

Average frames per second Core i9-7900X Core i7-8700
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.3 FPS 114.2 FPS
High settings 216.5 FPS 182.7 FPS
Medium settings 270.7 FPS 228.3 FPS
Low settings 338.4 FPS 285.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 15.6 %

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 i9-7900X Core i7-8700
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 157.8 FPS 145.2 FPS
High settings 252.4 FPS 232.3 FPS
Medium settings 315.5 FPS 290.4 FPS
Low settings 394.4 FPS 362.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 8 %
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