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Intel logo Core i7-9700
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General information Core i7-9700 Core i7-5960X
Launched Q2 2019 Q3 2014
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151-2 LGA2011-v3
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Coffee Lake Refresh Haswell-E
Clock 3 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.7 GHz 0 % 3.5 GHz 25.5 %
Cores 8 0 % 8 0 %
Threads 8 50 % 16 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 53.6 % 140 W 0 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 64 GB 50 %
Lithography 14 nm 36.4 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
8 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 12 MB
1 × 20 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Performance Core i7-9700 Core i7-5960X
Overall Score 54055 0 % 53636 0.8 %
Future Proof 71 % 0 % 43 % 39.4 %
Benchmark Score 8538 0 % 8276 3.1 %
Single Thread Score 2772 0 % 1982 28.5 %
Encrypting Data 4146.4 MB/s 0 % 3753.8 MB/s 9.5 %
Compressing Data 180.8 MB/s 6.8 % 194 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 23551.7 thousand/s 15 % 27701.7 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 46.6 millions/s 25.2 % 62.4 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 40377.2 millions/s 15.4 % 47702.7 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 33642.5 millions/s 0 % 24001.8 millions/s 28.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-9700, Core i7-5960X.

Average frames per second Core i7-9700 Core i7-5960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 115.2 FPS 114.0 FPS
High settings 184.3 FPS 182.5 FPS
Medium settings 230.4 FPS 228.1 FPS
Low settings 288.0 FPS 285.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 1 %

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 i7-9700 Core i7-5960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 145.8 FPS 145.0 FPS
High settings 233.2 FPS 232.0 FPS
Medium settings 291.6 FPS 290.0 FPS
Low settings 364.4 FPS 362.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.5 %
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