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General information Core i9-9900 Core i7-4960X
Launched Q3 2019 Q1 2013
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151-2 LGA2011
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Coffee Lake Refresh Ivy Bridge-E
Clock 3.1 GHz 13.9 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 5 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 20 %
Cores 8 0 % 6 25 %
Threads 16 0 % 12 25 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 50 % 130 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 36.4 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 16 MB
1 × 15 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-9900 Core i7-4960X
Overall Score 57200 0 % 50542 11.6 %
Future Proof 72 % 0 % 34 % 52.8 %
Benchmark Score 10705 0 % 6525 39 %
Single Thread Score 2859.7 0 % 2086.2 27 %
Encrypting Data 5937 MB/s 0 % 2995 MB/s 49.6 %
Compressing Data 235.2 MB/s 0 % 162.6 MB/s 30.9 %
String objects sorting 31964.2 thousand/s 0 % 23060 thousand/s 27.9 %
Prime numbers generation 44.3 millions/s 7.6 % 47.9 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 61657.8 millions/s 0 % 37102.1 millions/s 39.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 38456.5 millions/s 0 % 18570 millions/s 51.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-9900, Core i7-4960X.

Average frames per second Core i9-9900 Core i7-4960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 124.3 FPS 104.8 FPS
High settings 198.9 FPS 167.7 FPS
Medium settings 248.6 FPS 209.6 FPS
Low settings 310.7 FPS 262.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 15.7 %

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 i9-9900 Core i7-4960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 151.1 FPS 139.6 FPS
High settings 241.8 FPS 223.4 FPS
Medium settings 302.2 FPS 279.2 FPS
Low settings 377.8 FPS 349.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.6 %
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