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Intel logo Core i9-7900X
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General information Core i9-7900X Core i5-2500K
Launched Q2 2017 Q4 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Skylake-X Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.5 GHz 0 % 3.7 GHz 17.8 %
Cores 10 0 % 4 60 %
Threads 20 0 % 4 80 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 95 W 32.1 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 10 × 1 MB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 13.75 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i9-7900X Core i5-2500K
Overall Score 60828 0 % 40396 33.6 %
Future Proof 59 % 0 % 21 % 64.4 %
Benchmark Score 13690 0 % 2663 80.5 %
Single Thread Score 2565.4 0 % 1703.1 33.6 %
Encrypting Data 7596.3 MB/s 0 % 1040 MB/s 86.3 %
Compressing Data 314.8 MB/s 0 % 65.1 MB/s 79.3 %
String objects sorting 40929.5 thousand/s 0 % 8990.8 thousand/s 78 %
Prime numbers generation 75.8 millions/s 0 % 26.2 millions/s 65.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 71959.7 millions/s 0 % 14477 millions/s 79.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 45093 millions/s 0 % 7380.8 millions/s 83.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7900X, Core i5-2500K.

Average frames per second Core i9-7900X Core i5-2500K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.4 FPS 74.7 FPS
High settings 216.7 FPS 119.5 FPS
Medium settings 270.8 FPS 149.4 FPS
Low settings 338.5 FPS 186.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 44.8 %

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 i9-7900X Core i5-2500K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 157.7 FPS 121.7 FPS
High settings 252.3 FPS 194.8 FPS
Medium settings 315.4 FPS 243.5 FPS
Low settings 394.2 FPS 304.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 22.8 %
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