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Intel logo Core i9-9960X
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General information Core i9-9960X Core i5-7640X
Launched Q1 2019 Q3 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 FCLGA2066
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Skylake-X Kaby Lake-X
Clock 3.1 GHz 22.5 % 4 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 % 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 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i9-9960X Core i5-7640X
Overall Score 66708 0 % 45868 31.2 %
Future Proof 69 % 0 % 60 % 13 %
Benchmark Score 19802 0 % 4426 77.6 %
Single Thread Score 2614.4 0 % 2526.9 3.3 %
Encrypting Data 11320.7 MB/s 0 % 1937.9 MB/s 82.9 %
Compressing Data 505.1 MB/s 0 % 90.1 MB/s 82.2 %
String objects sorting 64911.3 thousand/s 0 % 11629.7 thousand/s 82.1 %
Prime numbers generation 113.4 millions/s 0 % 31.8 millions/s 72 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 117691 millions/s 0 % 18312.7 millions/s 84.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 73189.7 millions/s 0 % 15052 millions/s 79.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-9960X, Core i5-7640X.

Average frames per second Core i9-9960X Core i5-7640X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.8 FPS 90.9 FPS
High settings 244.4 FPS 145.5 FPS
Medium settings 305.6 FPS 181.9 FPS
Low settings 381.9 FPS 227.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 40.5 %

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 i5-7640X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 168.0 FPS 131.3 FPS
High settings 268.8 FPS 210.0 FPS
Medium settings 336.0 FPS 262.6 FPS
Low settings 420.0 FPS 328.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 21.9 %
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