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Intel logo Core i9-7960X
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General information Core i9-7960X Core i7-3960X
Launched Q4 2017 Q4 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 LGA2011
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Skylake-X Sandy Bridge-E
Clock 2.8 GHz 15.2 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.2 GHz 0 % 3.9 GHz 7.1 %
Cores 16 0 % 6 62.5 %
Threads 32 0 % 12 62.5 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 130 W 21.2 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 16 × 32 kB Instruction
16 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 16 × 1 MB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 22 MB
1 × 15 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-7960X Core i7-3960X
Overall Score 65663 0 % 48276 26.5 %
Future Proof 62 % 0 % 27 % 56.5 %
Benchmark Score 18590 0 % 5431 70.8 %
Single Thread Score 2516.5 0 % 1806 28.2 %
Encrypting Data 11279.5 MB/s 0 % 2547.6 MB/s 77.4 %
Compressing Data 471.7 MB/s 0 % 137.8 MB/s 70.8 %
String objects sorting 59520.7 thousand/s 0 % 21005 thousand/s 64.7 %
Prime numbers generation 104.9 millions/s 0 % 41.7 millions/s 60.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 108339 millions/s 0 % 33254.6 millions/s 69.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 66631.8 millions/s 0 % 12286.3 millions/s 81.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7960X, Core i7-3960X.

Average frames per second Core i9-7960X Core i7-3960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 149.8 FPS 98.1 FPS
High settings 239.7 FPS 156.9 FPS
Medium settings 299.6 FPS 196.2 FPS
Low settings 374.5 FPS 245.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 34.5 %

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 i7-3960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 166.4 FPS 135.7 FPS
High settings 266.3 FPS 217.2 FPS
Medium settings 332.9 FPS 271.5 FPS
Low settings 416.1 FPS 339.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 18.5 %
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