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Intel logo Core i9-7900X
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Intel logo Core i5-11600K

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General information Core i9-7900X Core i5-11600K
Launched Q2 2017 Q2 2021
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 FCLGA1200
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Skylake-X Rocket Lake-S
Clock 3.3 GHz 15.4 % 3.9 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.5 GHz 8.2 % 4.9 GHz 0 %
Cores 10 0 % 6 40 %
Threads 20 0 % 12 40 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 125 W 10.7 %
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 × 512 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 13.75 MB
1 × 12 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-7900X Core i5-11600K
Overall Score 60828 0 % 59700 1.9 %
Future Proof 59 % 28 % 82 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 13690 0 % 12703 7.2 %
Single Thread Score 2542.3 23.5 % 3321.5 0 %
Encrypting Data 7528.2 MB/s 38.6 % 12256.2 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 318.3 MB/s 0 % 240.1 MB/s 24.6 %
String objects sorting 41547.7 thousand/s 0 % 27722.4 thousand/s 33.3 %
Prime numbers generation 76.5 millions/s 0 % 58.6 millions/s 23.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 72322.4 millions/s 0 % 65189.1 millions/s 9.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 45093 millions/s 0 % 38381.6 millions/s 14.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7900X, Core i5-11600K.

Average frames per second Core i9-7900X Core i5-11600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.4 FPS 131.7 FPS
High settings 216.7 FPS 210.8 FPS
Medium settings 270.8 FPS 263.5 FPS
Low settings 338.5 FPS 329.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.7 %

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 i5-11600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 157.8 FPS 155.6 FPS
High settings 252.4 FPS 249.0 FPS
Medium settings 315.5 FPS 311.2 FPS
Low settings 394.4 FPS 389.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.4 %
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