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Intel logo Core i9-7960X
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General information Core i9-7960X Core i9-10900X
Launched Q4 2017 Q4 2019
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 FCLGA2066
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i9
Core Family Name Skylake-X Cascade Lake-X
Clock 2.8 GHz 24.3 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.2 GHz 10.6 % 4.7 GHz 0 %
Cores 16 0 % 10 37.5 %
Threads 32 0 % 20 37.5 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 165 W 0 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 50 % 256 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 × 1 MB
L3 Cache 1 × 22 MB
1 × 19.25 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-7960X Core i9-10900X
Overall Score 65668 0 % 61776 5.9 %
Future Proof 62 % 15.1 % 73 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 18596 0 % 14564 21.7 %
Single Thread Score 2504 7.1 % 2694.7 0 %
Encrypting Data 11279.5 MB/s 0 % 8254.5 MB/s 26.8 %
Compressing Data 471.7 MB/s 0 % 333.9 MB/s 29.2 %
String objects sorting 59343.4 thousand/s 0 % 42685.1 thousand/s 28.1 %
Prime numbers generation 104.2 millions/s 0 % 85.3 millions/s 18.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 107048 millions/s 0 % 77772.2 millions/s 27.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 66899.9 millions/s 0 % 48342.2 millions/s 27.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7960X, Core i9-10900X.

Average frames per second Core i9-7960X Core i9-10900X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 149.7 FPS 138.1 FPS
High settings 239.6 FPS 221.0 FPS
Medium settings 299.5 FPS 276.2 FPS
Low settings 374.3 FPS 345.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.8 %

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 i9-7960X Core i9-10900X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 166.1 FPS 159.3 FPS
High settings 265.7 FPS 254.8 FPS
Medium settings 332.1 FPS 318.5 FPS
Low settings 415.2 FPS 398.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.1 %
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