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Intel logo Core i9-7900X
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General information Core i9-7900X Core i7-990X
Launched Q2 2017 Q1 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 LGA1366
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Skylake-X Gulftown
Clock 3.3 GHz 5.7 % 3.5 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.5 GHz 0 % 3.7 GHz 17.8 %
Cores 10 0 % 6 40 %
Threads 20 0 % 12 40 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 130 W 7.1 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 10 × 1 MB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 13.75 MB
1 × 12 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-7900X Core i7-990X
Overall Score 60829 0 % 46297 23.9 %
Future Proof 59 % 0 % 23 % 61 %
Benchmark Score 13691 0 % 4594 66.4 %
Single Thread Score 2571.6 0 % 1586.9 38.3 %
Encrypting Data 7545.3 MB/s 0 % 2644.7 MB/s 64.9 %
Compressing Data 317.6 MB/s 0 % 119.2 MB/s 62.5 %
String objects sorting 40849 thousand/s 0 % 16069.4 thousand/s 60.7 %
Prime numbers generation 75.3 millions/s 0 % 32.8 millions/s 56.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 72609.5 millions/s 0 % 29562.3 millions/s 59.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 44733.2 millions/s 0 % 12417.2 millions/s 72.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7900X, Core i7-990X.

Average frames per second Core i9-7900X Core i7-990X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.3 FPS 92.2 FPS
High settings 216.5 FPS 147.5 FPS
Medium settings 270.7 FPS 184.4 FPS
Low settings 338.4 FPS 230.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 31.9 %

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 i7-990X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 157.7 FPS 132.1 FPS
High settings 252.3 FPS 211.4 FPS
Medium settings 315.4 FPS 264.2 FPS
Low settings 394.3 FPS 330.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 16.2 %
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