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Intel logo Core i9-7960X
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Intel logo Core i7-7740X

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General information Core i9-7960X Core i7-7740X
Launched Q4 2017 Q3 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 FCLGA2066
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Skylake-X Kaby Lake-X
Clock 2.8 GHz 34.9 % 4.3 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 % 112 W 32.1 %
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 i7-7740X
Overall Score 65663 0 % 49927 24 %
Future Proof 62 % 0 % 60 % 3.2 %
Benchmark Score 18590 0 % 6214 66.6 %
Single Thread Score 2481.5 7.2 % 2675.3 0 %
Encrypting Data 11212.4 MB/s 0 % 3294.1 MB/s 70.6 %
Compressing Data 467.1 MB/s 0 % 132.2 MB/s 71.7 %
String objects sorting 59520.7 thousand/s 0 % 17164.6 thousand/s 71.2 %
Prime numbers generation 104.4 millions/s 0 % 31.1 millions/s 70.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 108232 millions/s 0 % 30536.1 millions/s 71.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 66497.7 millions/s 0 % 19210.5 millions/s 71.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7960X, Core i7-7740X.

Average frames per second Core i9-7960X Core i7-7740X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 149.8 FPS 103.0 FPS
High settings 239.7 FPS 164.7 FPS
Medium settings 299.6 FPS 205.9 FPS
Low settings 374.5 FPS 257.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 31.3 %

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 i7-7740X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 166.2 FPS 138.5 FPS
High settings 265.9 FPS 221.6 FPS
Medium settings 332.4 FPS 277.0 FPS
Low settings 415.5 FPS 346.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 16.6 %
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