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Intel logo Core i9-7960X
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General information Core i9-7960X Xeon E5-2670 v2
Launched Q4 2017 Q1 2014
Used in Desktop Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 FCLGA2011
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Xeon E5
Core Family Name Skylake-X Ivy Bridge-EP
Clock 2.8 GHz 0 % 2.5 GHz 10.7 %
Turbo Clock 4.2 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 21.4 %
Cores 16 0 % 10 37.5 %
Threads 32 0 % 20 37.5 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 115 W 30.3 %
Lithography 14 nm 36.4 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 16 × 32 kB Instruction
16 × 32 kB Data
10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 16 × 1 MB
10 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 22 MB
1 × 25 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-7960X Xeon E5-2670 v2
Overall Score 65633 0 % 51989 20.8 %
Future Proof 62 % 0 % 40 % 35.5 %
Benchmark Score 18556 0 % 7306 60.6 %
Single Thread Score 2511 0 % 1634.6 34.9 %
Encrypting Data 11115.7 MB/s 0 % 3429.8 MB/s 69.1 %
Compressing Data 468.2 MB/s 0 % 203.4 MB/s 56.6 %
String objects sorting 59456.3 thousand/s 0 % 27666.6 thousand/s 53.5 %
Prime numbers generation 104.3 millions/s 0 % 51.4 millions/s 50.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 106818 millions/s 0 % 44848.8 millions/s 58 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 66751.1 millions/s 0 % 23053.6 millions/s 65.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7960X, Xeon E5-2670 v2.

Average frames per second Core i9-7960X Xeon E5-2670 v2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 149.6 FPS 109.1 FPS
High settings 239.4 FPS 174.5 FPS
Medium settings 299.2 FPS 218.2 FPS
Low settings 374.1 FPS 272.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 27.1 %

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 Xeon E5-2670 v2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 166.1 FPS 142.1 FPS
High settings 265.8 FPS 227.3 FPS
Medium settings 332.2 FPS 284.1 FPS
Low settings 415.2 FPS 355.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 14.5 %
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