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Intel logo Core i9-7960X
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General information Core i9-7960X Core i7-8086K
Launched Q4 2017 Q2 2018
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Skylake-X Coffee Lake
Clock 2.8 GHz 30 % 4 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.2 GHz 16 % 5 GHz 0 %
Cores 16 0 % 6 62.5 %
Threads 32 0 % 12 62.5 %
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 × 12 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-7960X Core i7-8086K
Overall Score 65663 0 % 55163 16 %
Future Proof 62 % 4.6 % 65 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 18590 0 % 9259 50.2 %
Single Thread Score 2504 11.5 % 2828.3 0 %
Encrypting Data 11078.1 MB/s 0 % 5042 MB/s 54.5 %
Compressing Data 470.8 MB/s 0 % 203.8 MB/s 56.7 %
String objects sorting 59284.3 thousand/s 0 % 26893.7 thousand/s 54.6 %
Prime numbers generation 104.1 millions/s 0 % 42 millions/s 59.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 106833 millions/s 0 % 48360.4 millions/s 54.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 67369.2 millions/s 0 % 29838.2 millions/s 55.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7960X, Core i7-8086K.

Average frames per second Core i9-7960X Core i7-8086K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 149.8 FPS 118.5 FPS
High settings 239.7 FPS 189.7 FPS
Medium settings 299.6 FPS 237.1 FPS
Low settings 374.5 FPS 296.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 20.9 %

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 i7-8086K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 166.2 FPS 147.7 FPS
High settings 265.9 FPS 236.3 FPS
Medium settings 332.4 FPS 295.4 FPS
Low settings 415.5 FPS 369.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.1 %
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