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Intel logo Core i9-7960X
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Intel Core i9-7960X logo AMD Ryzen 7 2700X logo
General information Core i9-7960X Ryzen 7 2700X
Launched Q4 2017 Q2 2018
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket FCLGA2066 AM4
Series Name Intel Core i9 AMD Ryzen 7
Core Family Name Skylake-X Pinnacle Ridge
Clock 2.8 GHz 24.3 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.2 GHz 2.3 % 4.3 GHz 0 %
Cores 16 0 % 8 50 %
Threads 32 0 % 16 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 105 W 36.4 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 64 GB 50 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 12 nm 14.3 %
L1 Cache 16 × 32 kB Instruction
16 × 32 kB Data
8 × 32 kB Data
8 × 64 kB Instruction
L2 Cache 16 × 1 MB
8 × 512 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 22 MB
1 × 16 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-7960X Ryzen 7 2700X
Overall Score 65663 0 % 58023 11.6 %
Future Proof 62 % 4.6 % 65 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 18590 0 % 11335 39 %
Single Thread Score 2504 0 % 2442.8 2.4 %
Encrypting Data 11078.1 MB/s 35.7 % 17238.7 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 470.8 MB/s 0 % 261.8 MB/s 44.4 %
String objects sorting 59284.3 thousand/s 0 % 30638.8 thousand/s 48.3 %
Prime numbers generation 104.1 millions/s 0 % 41 millions/s 60.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 106833 millions/s 0 % 63103.9 millions/s 40.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 67369.2 millions/s 0 % 32873.9 millions/s 51.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7960X, Ryzen 7 2700X.

Average frames per second Core i9-7960X Ryzen 7 2700X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 149.8 FPS 127.1 FPS
High settings 239.7 FPS 203.3 FPS
Medium settings 299.6 FPS 254.1 FPS
Low settings 374.5 FPS 317.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 15.2 %

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 Ryzen 7 2700X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 166.2 FPS 152.7 FPS
High settings 265.9 FPS 244.4 FPS
Medium settings 332.4 FPS 305.5 FPS
Low settings 415.5 FPS 381.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.1 %
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