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Intel logo Core i9-9960X
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General information Core i9-9960X Core i9-7960X
Launched Q1 2019 Q4 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 FCLGA2066
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i9
Core Family Name Skylake-X Skylake-X
Clock 3.1 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 9.7 %
Turbo Clock 4.4 GHz 0 % 4.2 GHz 4.5 %
Cores 16 0 % 16 0 %
Threads 32 0 % 32 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 165 W 0 %
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
16 × 32 kB Instruction
16 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 16 × 1 MB
16 × 1 MB
L3 Cache 1 × 22 MB
1 × 22 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-9960X Core i9-7960X
Overall Score 66708 0 % 65668 1.6 %
Future Proof 69 % 0 % 62 % 10.1 %
Benchmark Score 19802 0 % 18596 6.1 %
Single Thread Score 2590.8 0 % 2514 3 %
Encrypting Data 11297.9 MB/s 0 % 11234.8 MB/s 0.6 %
Compressing Data 502.6 MB/s 0 % 464.7 MB/s 7.5 %
String objects sorting 65758.5 thousand/s 0 % 58929.7 thousand/s 10.4 %
Prime numbers generation 113.4 millions/s 0 % 104.5 millions/s 7.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 118278 millions/s 0 % 106510 millions/s 9.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 72530.4 millions/s 0 % 67101 millions/s 7.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-9960X, Core i9-7960X.

Average frames per second Core i9-9960X Core i9-7960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.8 FPS 149.7 FPS
High settings 244.4 FPS 239.6 FPS
Medium settings 305.6 FPS 299.5 FPS
Low settings 381.9 FPS 374.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 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 i9-9960X Core i9-7960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 168.0 FPS 166.1 FPS
High settings 268.8 FPS 265.8 FPS
Medium settings 336.0 FPS 332.3 FPS
Low settings 420.0 FPS 415.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.1 %
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