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Intel logo Core i9-7900X
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General information Core i9-7900X Core i5-9400
Launched Q2 2017 Q1 2019
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Skylake-X Coffee Lake Refresh
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 2.9 GHz 12.1 %
Turbo Clock 4.5 GHz 0 % 4.1 GHz 8.9 %
Cores 10 0 % 6 40 %
Threads 20 0 % 6 70 %
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 × 9 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i9-7900X Core i5-9400
Overall Score 60828 0 % 49625 18.4 %
Future Proof 59 % 14.5 % 69 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 13690 0 % 6064 55.7 %
Single Thread Score 2575.7 0 % 2421.5 6 %
Encrypting Data 7490.3 MB/s 0 % 2810.5 MB/s 62.5 %
Compressing Data 312.6 MB/s 0 % 131 MB/s 58.1 %
String objects sorting 40888.3 thousand/s 0 % 16678.9 thousand/s 59.2 %
Prime numbers generation 76 millions/s 0 % 36.1 millions/s 52.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 73047.8 millions/s 0 % 26377.1 millions/s 63.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 45273.4 millions/s 0 % 22542.3 millions/s 50.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7900X, Core i5-9400.

Average frames per second Core i9-7900X Core i5-9400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.4 FPS 102.1 FPS
High settings 216.7 FPS 163.3 FPS
Medium settings 270.8 FPS 204.1 FPS
Low settings 338.5 FPS 255.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 24.6 %

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 i5-9400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 157.9 FPS 138.1 FPS
High settings 252.6 FPS 220.9 FPS
Medium settings 315.8 FPS 276.2 FPS
Low settings 394.8 FPS 345.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 12.5 %
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