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Intel logo Core i9-7960X
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General information Core i9-7960X Core i5-8600K
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 22.2 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.2 GHz 2.3 % 4.3 GHz 0 %
Cores 16 0 % 6 62.5 %
Threads 32 0 % 6 81.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 95 W 42.4 %
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 i5-8600K
Overall Score 65665 0 % 50677 22.8 %
Future Proof 62 % 0 % 62 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 18592 0 % 6595 64.5 %
Single Thread Score 2504 4.1 % 2611.2 0 %
Encrypting Data 11078.1 MB/s 0 % 3123.6 MB/s 71.8 %
Compressing Data 468.9 MB/s 0 % 139.2 MB/s 70.3 %
String objects sorting 59284.3 thousand/s 0 % 17490.9 thousand/s 70.5 %
Prime numbers generation 103.1 millions/s 0 % 42.3 millions/s 59 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 107694 millions/s 0 % 27927 millions/s 74.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 67503.2 millions/s 0 % 23930 millions/s 64.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7960X, Core i5-8600K.

Average frames per second Core i9-7960X Core i5-8600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 149.7 FPS 105.2 FPS
High settings 239.6 FPS 168.4 FPS
Medium settings 299.4 FPS 210.4 FPS
Low settings 374.3 FPS 263.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 29.7 %

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 i9-7960X Core i5-8600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 166.1 FPS 139.8 FPS
High settings 265.8 FPS 223.7 FPS
Medium settings 332.3 FPS 279.6 FPS
Low settings 415.4 FPS 349.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 15.9 %
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