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Intel logo Core i9-7960X
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Intel logo Core i7-11700F

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General information Core i9-7960X Core i7-11700F
Launched Q4 2017 Q2 2021
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 FCLGA1200
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Skylake-X Rocket Lake-S
Clock 2.8 GHz 0 % 2.5 GHz 10.7 %
Turbo Clock 4.2 GHz 14.3 % 4.9 GHz 0 %
Cores 16 0 % 8 50 %
Threads 32 0 % 16 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 65 W 60.6 %
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
8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
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 Core i7-11700F
Overall Score 65663 0 % 60741 7.5 %
Future Proof 62 % 24.4 % 82 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 18590 0 % 13613 26.8 %
Single Thread Score 2504 24.6 % 3320.6 0 %
Encrypting Data 11246 MB/s 13.1 % 12944.8 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 465.6 MB/s 0 % 264.1 MB/s 43.3 %
String objects sorting 59225.2 thousand/s 0 % 30781 thousand/s 48 %
Prime numbers generation 103.1 millions/s 0 % 57.1 millions/s 44.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 107478 millions/s 0 % 80187.3 millions/s 25.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 67168.1 millions/s 0 % 46538.4 millions/s 30.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7960X, Core i7-11700F.

Average frames per second Core i9-7960X Core i7-11700F
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 149.8 FPS 135.2 FPS
High settings 239.7 FPS 216.2 FPS
Medium settings 299.6 FPS 270.3 FPS
Low settings 374.5 FPS 337.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.8 %

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 i7-11700F
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 166.3 FPS 157.6 FPS
High settings 266.1 FPS 252.2 FPS
Medium settings 332.6 FPS 315.2 FPS
Low settings 415.7 FPS 394.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.2 %
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