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Intel logo Core i9-9960X
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General information Core i9-9960X Core i7-10700K
Launched Q1 2019 Q2 2020
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 FCLGA1200
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Skylake-X Comet Lake
Clock 3.1 GHz 18.4 % 3.8 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.4 GHz 13.7 % 5.1 GHz 0 %
Cores 16 0 % 8 50 %
Threads 32 0 % 16 50 %
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
8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 16 × 1 MB
8 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 22 MB
1 × 16 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-9960X Core i7-10700K
Overall Score 66672 0 % 59070 11.4 %
Future Proof 69 % 9.2 % 76 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 19760 0 % 12175 38.4 %
Single Thread Score 2627.1 13.8 % 3046.9 0 %
Encrypting Data 11355.2 MB/s 0 % 6636.4 MB/s 41.6 %
Compressing Data 506.3 MB/s 0 % 287.1 MB/s 43.3 %
String objects sorting 65055 thousand/s 0 % 37023.7 thousand/s 43.1 %
Prime numbers generation 113.5 millions/s 0 % 54.9 millions/s 51.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 118566 millions/s 0 % 66655.4 millions/s 43.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 73492.8 millions/s 0 % 41338.6 millions/s 43.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-9960X, Core i7-10700K.

Average frames per second Core i9-9960X Core i7-10700K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.7 FPS 130.1 FPS
High settings 244.4 FPS 208.2 FPS
Medium settings 305.5 FPS 260.3 FPS
Low settings 381.9 FPS 325.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 14.8 %

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 i9-9960X Core i7-10700K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 168.0 FPS 154.7 FPS
High settings 268.9 FPS 247.5 FPS
Medium settings 336.1 FPS 309.3 FPS
Low settings 420.1 FPS 386.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 8 %
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