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Intel logo Core i9-9960X
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General information Core i9-9960X Core i7-11700
Launched Q1 2019 Q1 2021
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 FCLGA1200
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Skylake-X Rocket Lake-S
Clock 3.1 GHz 0 % 2.5 GHz 19.4 %
Turbo Clock 4.4 GHz 0 % 4.4 GHz 0 %
Cores 16 0 % 8 50 %
Threads 32 0 % 16 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 95 W 42.4 %
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 × 512 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 22 MB
1 × 16 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-9960X Core i7-11700
Overall Score 66672 0 % 59811 10.3 %
Future Proof 69 % 14.8 % 81 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 19760 0 % 12797 35.2 %
Single Thread Score 2627.1 15.8 % 3121.1 0 %
Encrypting Data 11355.2 MB/s 7.4 % 12261.4 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 506.3 MB/s 0 % 245 MB/s 51.6 %
String objects sorting 65055 thousand/s 0 % 28625.2 thousand/s 56 %
Prime numbers generation 113.5 millions/s 0 % 53.9 millions/s 52.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 118566 millions/s 0 % 77172.8 millions/s 34.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 73492.8 millions/s 0 % 44364.8 millions/s 39.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-9960X, Core i7-11700.

Average frames per second Core i9-9960X Core i7-11700
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.7 FPS 132.4 FPS
High settings 244.4 FPS 211.8 FPS
Medium settings 305.5 FPS 264.7 FPS
Low settings 381.9 FPS 330.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 13.3 %

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 i7-11700
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 168.0 FPS 156.0 FPS
High settings 268.9 FPS 249.6 FPS
Medium settings 336.1 FPS 312.0 FPS
Low settings 420.1 FPS 390.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.2 %
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