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Intel logo Core i9-9960X
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General information Core i9-9960X Core i9-10900K
Launched Q1 2019 Q2 2020
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 FCLGA1200
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i9
Core Family Name Skylake-X Comet Lake
Clock 3.1 GHz 16.2 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.4 GHz 17 % 5.3 GHz 0 %
Cores 16 0 % 10 37.5 %
Threads 32 0 % 20 37.5 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 125 W 24.2 %
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
10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 16 × 1 MB
10 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 22 MB
1 × 20 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-9960X Core i9-10900K
Overall Score 66704 0 % 62059 7 %
Future Proof 69 % 9.2 % 76 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 19797 0 % 14833 25.1 %
Single Thread Score 2637.9 15.5 % 3120.3 0 %
Encrypting Data 11332.1 MB/s 0 % 8211.4 MB/s 27.5 %
Compressing Data 504.1 MB/s 0 % 367.5 MB/s 27.1 %
String objects sorting 64520.3 thousand/s 0 % 46677 thousand/s 27.7 %
Prime numbers generation 114.6 millions/s 0 % 64.4 millions/s 43.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 118161 millions/s 0 % 86413.3 millions/s 26.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 72969.9 millions/s 0 % 53568 millions/s 26.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-9960X, Core i9-10900K.

Average frames per second Core i9-9960X Core i9-10900K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.8 FPS 139.0 FPS
High settings 244.5 FPS 222.5 FPS
Medium settings 305.7 FPS 278.1 FPS
Low settings 382.1 FPS 347.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 9 %

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 i9-10900K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 168.5 FPS 160.3 FPS
High settings 269.6 FPS 256.4 FPS
Medium settings 337.1 FPS 320.6 FPS
Low settings 421.3 FPS 400.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.9 %
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