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Intel logo Core i9-7900X
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General information Core i9-7900X Core i7-960
Launched Q2 2017 Q4 2009
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 LGA1366
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Skylake-X Bloomfield
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 3 %
Turbo Clock 4.5 GHz 0 % 3.5 GHz 22.2 %
Cores 10 0 % 4 60 %
Threads 20 0 % 8 60 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 130 W 7.1 %
Lithography 14 nm 68.9 % 45 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
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 13.75 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-7900X Core i7-960
Overall Score 60828 0 % 38314 37 %
Future Proof 59 % 0 % 15 % 74.6 %
Benchmark Score 13690 0 % 2155 84.3 %
Single Thread Score 2575.7 0 % 1463.8 43.2 %
Encrypting Data 7490.3 MB/s 0 % 4891.1 MB/s 34.7 %
Compressing Data 312.6 MB/s 0 % 71.5 MB/s 77.1 %
String objects sorting 40888.3 thousand/s 0 % 9932.6 thousand/s 75.7 %
Prime numbers generation 76 millions/s 0 % 22.8 millions/s 69.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 73047.8 millions/s 0 % 18038 millions/s 75.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 45273.4 millions/s 0 % 7761.6 millions/s 82.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7900X, Core i7-960.

Average frames per second Core i9-7900X Core i7-960
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.4 FPS 68.5 FPS
High settings 216.7 FPS 109.7 FPS
Medium settings 270.8 FPS 137.1 FPS
Low settings 338.5 FPS 171.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 49.4 %

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 i7-960
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 157.9 FPS 118.1 FPS
High settings 252.6 FPS 188.9 FPS
Medium settings 315.8 FPS 236.2 FPS
Low settings 394.8 FPS 295.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 25.2 %
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