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General information Core i9-7960X Core2 Duo E7600
Launched Q4 2017 Q2 2009
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Skylake-X Wolfdale
Clock 2.8 GHz 9.7 % 3.1 GHz 0 %
Cores 16 0 % 2 87.5 %
Threads 32 0 % 2 93.8 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 65 W 60.6 %
Lithography 14 nm 68.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 16 × 32 kB Instruction
16 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 16 × 1 MB
1 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i9-7960X Core2 Duo E7600
Overall Score 65644 0 % 29453 55.1 %
Future Proof 62 % 0 % 13 % 79 %
Benchmark Score 18569 0 % 753 95.9 %
Single Thread Score 2501 0 % 1269.8 49.2 %
Encrypting Data 11116.1 MB/s 0 % 1714.9 MB/s 84.6 %
Compressing Data 470.8 MB/s 0 % 25 MB/s 94.7 %
String objects sorting 58659.9 thousand/s 0 % 3421.7 thousand/s 94.2 %
Prime numbers generation 103.6 millions/s 0 % 6 millions/s 94.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 106820 millions/s 0 % 5335.6 millions/s 95 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 67605 millions/s 0 % 2988 millions/s 95.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7960X, Core2 Duo E7600.

Average frames per second Core i9-7960X Core2 Duo E7600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 149.7 FPS 42.4 FPS
High settings 239.5 FPS 67.8 FPS
Medium settings 299.3 FPS 84.7 FPS
Low settings 374.1 FPS 105.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 71.7 %

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 Core2 Duo E7600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 166.3 FPS 102.2 FPS
High settings 266.0 FPS 163.5 FPS
Medium settings 332.5 FPS 204.4 FPS
Low settings 415.7 FPS 255.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 38.5 %
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