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Intel logo Core i9-9900X
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General information Core i9-9900X Core i7-3960X
Launched Q4 2018 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 3.5 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 5.7 %
Turbo Clock 4.5 GHz 0 % 3.9 GHz 13.3 %
Cores 10 0 % 6 40 %
Threads 20 0 % 12 40 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 130 W 21.2 %
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 × 19.25 MB
1 × 15 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-9900X Core i7-3960X
Overall Score 61274 0 % 48276 21.2 %
Future Proof 68 % 0 % 27 % 60.3 %
Benchmark Score 14096 0 % 5431 61.5 %
Single Thread Score 2561.4 0 % 1813.2 29.2 %
Encrypting Data 7961.8 MB/s 0 % 2539.9 MB/s 68.1 %
Compressing Data 314.4 MB/s 0 % 138.5 MB/s 56 %
String objects sorting 41439 thousand/s 0 % 20963 thousand/s 49.4 %
Prime numbers generation 84.7 millions/s 0 % 42.1 millions/s 50.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 73348.9 millions/s 0 % 33056.9 millions/s 54.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 45903.1 millions/s 0 % 12347.6 millions/s 73.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-9900X, Core i7-3960X.

Average frames per second Core i9-9900X Core i7-3960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 136.7 FPS 98.1 FPS
High settings 218.7 FPS 156.9 FPS
Medium settings 273.4 FPS 196.2 FPS
Low settings 341.7 FPS 245.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 28.2 %

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 i9-9900X Core i7-3960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 158.5 FPS 135.6 FPS
High settings 253.6 FPS 217.0 FPS
Medium settings 317.0 FPS 271.2 FPS
Low settings 396.2 FPS 339.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 14.4 %
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