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Intel logo Core i9-7960X
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General information Core i9-7960X Core i3-12100
Launched Q4 2017 Q1 2022
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 FCLGA1700
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Skylake-X Alder Lake
Clock 2.8 GHz 15.2 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.2 GHz 2.3 % 4.3 GHz 0 %
Cores 16 0 % 4 75 %
Threads 32 0 % 8 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 60 W 63.6 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 10 nm 28.6 %
L1 Cache 16 × 32 kB Instruction
16 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 48 kB Data
L2 Cache 16 × 1 MB
4 × 1.25 MB
L3 Cache 1 × 22 MB
1 × 12 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-7960X Core i3-12100
Overall Score 65663 0 % 54400 17.2 %
Future Proof 62 % 27.9 % 86 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 18590 0 % 8758 52.9 %
Single Thread Score 2504 27.1 % 3434.4 0 %
Encrypting Data 11246 MB/s 0 % 7878.4 MB/s 29.9 %
Compressing Data 465.6 MB/s 0 % 152.5 MB/s 67.3 %
String objects sorting 59225.2 thousand/s 0 % 15531.3 thousand/s 73.8 %
Prime numbers generation 103.1 millions/s 0 % 56.4 millions/s 45.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 107478 millions/s 0 % 40379.9 millions/s 62.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 67168.1 millions/s 0 % 31258.9 millions/s 53.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7960X, Core i3-12100.

Average frames per second Core i9-7960X Core i3-12100
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 149.8 FPS 116.0 FPS
High settings 239.7 FPS 185.5 FPS
Medium settings 299.6 FPS 231.9 FPS
Low settings 374.5 FPS 289.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 22.6 %

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 i3-12100
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 166.3 FPS 146.3 FPS
High settings 266.1 FPS 234.1 FPS
Medium settings 332.6 FPS 292.6 FPS
Low settings 415.7 FPS 365.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 12 %
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