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Intel logo Core i9-7960X
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General information Core i9-7960X Core i5-8400
Launched Q4 2017 Q4 2017
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
Clock 2.8 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.2 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 4.8 %
Cores 16 0 % 6 62.5 %
Threads 32 0 % 6 81.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 65 W 60.6 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 16 × 32 kB Instruction
16 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 16 × 1 MB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 22 MB
1 × 9 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i9-7960X Core i5-8400
Overall Score 65678 0 % 49424 24.7 %
Future Proof 62 % 0 % 62 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 18607 0 % 5967 67.9 %
Single Thread Score 2501 0 % 2379.6 4.9 %
Encrypting Data 11270.9 MB/s 0 % 2790.8 MB/s 75.2 %
Compressing Data 473.5 MB/s 0 % 126.6 MB/s 73.3 %
String objects sorting 59383.4 thousand/s 0 % 16084.4 thousand/s 72.9 %
Prime numbers generation 102 millions/s 0 % 37.3 millions/s 63.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 107923 millions/s 0 % 25882.4 millions/s 76 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 67218.2 millions/s 0 % 22046 millions/s 67.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7960X, Core i5-8400.

Average frames per second Core i9-7960X Core i5-8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 149.8 FPS 101.5 FPS
High settings 239.6 FPS 162.3 FPS
Medium settings 299.5 FPS 202.9 FPS
Low settings 374.4 FPS 253.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 32.3 %

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 i5-8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 166.2 FPS 137.6 FPS
High settings 266.0 FPS 220.2 FPS
Medium settings 332.5 FPS 275.2 FPS
Low settings 415.6 FPS 344.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.2 %
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