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Intel logo Core i9-9960X
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General information Core i9-9960X Core i9-10900
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 0 % 2.8 GHz 9.7 %
Turbo Clock 4.4 GHz 15.4 % 5.2 GHz 0 %
Cores 16 0 % 10 37.5 %
Threads 32 0 % 20 37.5 %
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
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 i9-10900
Overall Score 66672 0 % 59881 10.2 %
Future Proof 69 % 9.2 % 76 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 19760 0 % 12857 34.9 %
Single Thread Score 2608.8 14 % 3033 0 %
Encrypting Data 11469 MB/s 0 % 7001 MB/s 39 %
Compressing Data 499.3 MB/s 0 % 307.9 MB/s 38.3 %
String objects sorting 65574.9 thousand/s 0 % 38792.3 thousand/s 40.8 %
Prime numbers generation 113.1 millions/s 0 % 56.5 millions/s 50.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 118331 millions/s 0 % 78932.8 millions/s 33.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 73492.8 millions/s 0 % 48308 millions/s 34.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

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

Average frames per second Core i9-9960X Core i9-10900
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.7 FPS 132.6 FPS
High settings 244.4 FPS 212.1 FPS
Medium settings 305.5 FPS 265.1 FPS
Low settings 381.9 FPS 331.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 13.2 %

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 i9-10900
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 168.2 FPS 156.2 FPS
High settings 269.2 FPS 250.0 FPS
Medium settings 336.5 FPS 312.5 FPS
Low settings 420.6 FPS 390.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.1 %
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