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General information Core i9-7960X Core2 Quad Q9400
Launched Q4 2017 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Skylake-X Yorkfield
Clock 2.8 GHz 0 % 2.7 GHz 3.6 %
Cores 16 0 % 4 75 %
Threads 32 0 % 4 87.5 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 95 W 42.4 %
Lithography 14 nm 68.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 16 × 32 kB Instruction
16 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 16 × 1 MB
2 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i9-7960X Core2 Quad Q9400
Overall Score 65645 0 % 34232 47.9 %
Future Proof 62 % 0 % 10 % 83.9 %
Benchmark Score 18570 0 % 1373 92.6 %
Single Thread Score 2528.6 0 % 1146 54.7 %
Encrypting Data 11250.2 MB/s 0 % 3129 MB/s 72.2 %
Compressing Data 474.1 MB/s 0 % 45.2 MB/s 90.5 %
String objects sorting 59486.1 thousand/s 0 % 6099.6 thousand/s 89.7 %
Prime numbers generation 102.7 millions/s 0 % 9.1 millions/s 91.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 107143 millions/s 0 % 9973.4 millions/s 90.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 66801 millions/s 0 % 5665 millions/s 91.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7960X, Core2 Quad Q9400.

Average frames per second Core i9-7960X Core2 Quad Q9400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 149.7 FPS 56.4 FPS
High settings 239.6 FPS 90.3 FPS
Medium settings 299.5 FPS 112.8 FPS
Low settings 374.3 FPS 141.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 62.3 %

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 Quad Q9400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 166.3 FPS 110.8 FPS
High settings 266.1 FPS 177.2 FPS
Medium settings 332.7 FPS 221.5 FPS
Low settings 415.8 FPS 276.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 33.4 %
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