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General information Core i9-9960X Ryzen 5 5600X
Launched Q1 2019 Q4 2020
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket FCLGA2066 AM4
Series Name Intel Core i9 AMD Ryzen 5
Core Family Name Skylake-X Vermeer
Clock 3.1 GHz 16.2 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.4 GHz 4.3 % 4.6 GHz 0 %
Cores 16 0 % 6 62.5 %
Threads 32 0 % 12 62.5 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 65 W 60.6 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 7 nm 50 %
L1 Cache 16 × 32 kB Instruction
16 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 16 × 1 MB
6 × 512 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 22 MB
1 × 32 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-9960X Ryzen 5 5600X
Overall Score 66443 0 % 61111 8 %
Future Proof 69 % 12.7 % 79 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 19489 0 % 13947 28.4 %
Single Thread Score 2590.8 23.5 % 3384.5 0 %
Encrypting Data 11366.4 MB/s 27.3 % 15632.8 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 503.1 MB/s 0 % 246.3 MB/s 51 %
String objects sorting 64976.5 thousand/s 0 % 26514.6 thousand/s 59.2 %
Prime numbers generation 114.3 millions/s 12.7 % 130.9 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 117573 millions/s 0 % 71956.5 millions/s 38.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 73702.6 millions/s 0 % 39390.5 millions/s 46.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-9960X, Ryzen 5 5600X.

Average frames per second Core i9-9960X Ryzen 5 5600X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.7 FPS 136.9 FPS
High settings 244.4 FPS 219.0 FPS
Medium settings 305.5 FPS 273.7 FPS
Low settings 381.8 FPS 342.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 10.4 %

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 Ryzen 5 5600X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 169.1 FPS 159.5 FPS
High settings 270.6 FPS 255.1 FPS
Medium settings 338.2 FPS 318.9 FPS
Low settings 422.8 FPS 398.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.7 %
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