Processors

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Core i9-9960X

About Intel Core i9-9960X

Intel Core i9-9960X is processor manufactured by Intel and launched in Q1 2019 . It's using FCLGA2066 socket. It has 16 cores and 32 threads with clock of 3.1 GHz that can turbo clock itself to 4.4 GHz . This processor is used in Desktop devices and can consume up to 165 watts of power .

Intel Core i9-9960X logo

Component specifications

Desktop
Used in
Intel
Factory
FCLGA2066
Socket
Q1 2019
Launched
Intel Core i9
Series Name
Skylake-X
Core Family Name
3.1 GHz
Clock
4.4 GHz
Turbo Clock
16
Cores
32
Threads
165 W
Thermal Design Power (TDP)
128 GB
Maximum supported RAM
14 nm
Lithography
16 × 32 kB
L1 Instruction Cache
16 × 32 kB
L1 Data Cache
16 × 1 MB
L2 Cache
1 × 22 MB
L3 Cache
No
ECC Supported
Yes
Multithreading Supported
Overall Score 66865
Benchmark Score 19989
Single Thread Score 2637.9
Future Proof 69%

Component performance

11332.1 MB/s
Encrypting Data
506.6 MB/s
Compressing Data
64781 thousand/s
String objects sorting
114.9 millions/s
Prime numbers generation
118514 millions/s
Mathemathic operations (integer)
72896.7 millions/s
Mathemathic operations (float)

Offers for Intel Core i9-9960X

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Compatible graphic cards

Graphic cards that best works with Core i9-9960X on 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) resolution in general tasks.

NVIDIA logo NVIDIA logo

GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER

Desktop
Used in
Q3 2019
Launched
PCIe 3.0 x16
Motherboard Bus
1407 MHz
Core Clock
8192 MB
Memory
1407 MHz
Core Clock
8192 MB
Memory
175 W
Thermal Design Power TDP
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Radeon RX 6600 XT

Desktop
Used in
Q3 2021
Launched
PCIe 4.0 x8
Motherboard Bus
1968 MHz
Core Clock
8192 MB
Memory
1968 MHz
Core Clock
8192 MB
Memory
160 W
Thermal Design Power TDP
AMD logo AMD logo

Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary

Desktop
Used in
Q3 2019
Launched
PCIe 4.0 x16
Motherboard Bus
1680 MHz
Core Clock
8192 MB
Memory
1680 MHz
Core Clock
8192 MB
Memory
235 W
Thermal Design Power TDP
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GeForce RTX 3060

Desktop
Used in
Q4 2022
Launched
PCIe 4.0 x16
Motherboard Bus
1320 MHz
Core Clock
8192 MB
Memory
1320 MHz
Core Clock
8192 MB
Memory
170 W
Thermal Design Power TDP
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Radeon RX 7600

Desktop
Used in
Q2 2023
Launched
PCIe 4.0 x8
Motherboard Bus
1720 MHz
Core Clock
8192 MB
Memory
1720 MHz
Core Clock
8192 MB
Memory
165 W
Thermal Design Power TDP
NVIDIA logo NVIDIA logo

GeForce RTX 2070

Desktop
Used in
Q4 2018
Launched
PCIe 3.0 x16
Motherboard Bus
1410 MHz
Core Clock
8192 MB
Memory
1410 MHz
Core Clock
8192 MB
Memory
175 W
Thermal Design Power TDP
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GeForce GTX 1080

Desktop
Used in
Q2 2016
Launched
PCIe 3.0 x16
Motherboard Bus
1607 MHz
Core Clock
8192 MB
Memory
1607 MHz
Core Clock
8192 MB
Memory
180 W
Thermal Design Power TDP
AMD logo AMD logo

Radeon RX 6600

Desktop
Used in
Q4 2021
Launched
PCIe 4.0 x8
Motherboard Bus
1626 MHz
Core Clock
8192 MB
Memory
1626 MHz
Core Clock
8192 MB
Memory
132 W
Thermal Design Power TDP
NVIDIA logo NVIDIA logo

GeForce RTX 2060

Desktop
Used in
Q1 2022
Launched
PCIe 3.0 x16
Motherboard Bus
1470 MHz
Core Clock
12288 MB
Memory
1470 MHz
Core Clock
12288 MB
Memory
185 W
Thermal Design Power TDP
AMD logo AMD logo

Radeon RX 7700S

Desktop
Used in
Q3 2023
Launched
AMD logo AMD logo

Radeon Pro W5700

Desktop
Used in
Q1 2020
Launched
PCIe 4.0 x16
Motherboard Bus
1243 MHz
Core Clock
8192 MB
Memory
1243 MHz
Core Clock
8192 MB
Memory
205 W
Thermal Design Power TDP
NVIDIA logo NVIDIA logo

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti

Desktop
Used in
Q4 2017
Launched
PCIe 3.0 x16
Motherboard Bus
1607 MHz
Core Clock
8192 MB
Memory
1607 MHz
Core Clock
8192 MB
Memory
180 W
Thermal Design Power TDP
AMD logo AMD logo

Radeon RX 5700

Desktop
Used in
Q3 2019
Launched
PCIe 4.0 x16
Motherboard Bus
1465 MHz
Core Clock
8192 MB
Memory
1465 MHz
Core Clock
8192 MB
Memory
180 W
Thermal Design Power TDP
AMD logo AMD logo

Radeon RX Vega 64

Desktop
Used in
Q3 2017
Launched
PCIe 3.0 x16
Motherboard Bus
1247 MHz
Core Clock
8192 MB
Memory
1247 MHz
Core Clock
8192 MB
Memory
295 W
Thermal Design Power TDP
NVIDIA logo NVIDIA logo

GeForce GTX 1070

Desktop
Used in
Q2 2016
Launched
PCIe 3.0 x16
Motherboard Bus
1506 MHz
Core Clock
8192 MB
Memory
1506 MHz
Core Clock
8192 MB
Memory
150 W
Thermal Design Power TDP
AMD logo AMD logo

Radeon RX 5600 XT

Desktop
Used in
Q1 2020
Launched
PCIe 4.0 x16
Motherboard Bus
1130 MHz
Core Clock
6144 MB
Memory
1130 MHz
Core Clock
6144 MB
Memory
150 W
Thermal Design Power TDP
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RTX A2000

Desktop
Used in
Q2 2022
Launched
562 MHz
Core Clock
12 MB
Memory
562 MHz
Core Clock
12 MB
Memory
70 W
Thermal Design Power TDP
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GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Desktop
Used in
Q2 2015
Launched
PCIe 3.0 x16
Motherboard Bus
1076 MHz
Core Clock
6144 MB
Memory
1076 MHz
Core Clock
6144 MB
Memory
250 W
Thermal Design Power TDP
NVIDIA logo NVIDIA logo

TITAN X

Desktop
Used in
Q3 2016
Launched
PCIe 3.0 x16
Motherboard Bus
1417 MHz
Core Clock
12288 MB
Memory
1417 MHz
Core Clock
12288 MB
Memory
250 W
Thermal Design Power TDP
AMD logo AMD logo

Radeon Pro WX 8200

Desktop
Used in
Q3 2018
Launched
PCIe 3.0 x16
Motherboard Bus
1200 MHz
Core Clock
8192 MB
Memory
1200 MHz
Core Clock
8192 MB
Memory
230 W
Thermal Design Power TDP
NVIDIA logo NVIDIA logo

GeForce GTX TITAN X

Desktop
Used in
Q1 2015
Launched
PCIe 3.0 x16
Motherboard Bus
1000 MHz
Core Clock
12288 MB
Memory
1000 MHz
Core Clock
12288 MB
Memory
250 W
Thermal Design Power TDP
AMD logo AMD logo

Radeon RX Vega 56

Desktop
Used in
Q3 2017
Launched
PCIe 3.0 x16
Motherboard Bus
1471 MHz
Core Clock
8192 MB
Memory
1471 MHz
Core Clock
8192 MB
Memory
210 W
Thermal Design Power TDP
AMD logo AMD logo

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Desktop
Used in
Q2 2017
Launched
PCIe 3.0 x16
Motherboard Bus
1382 MHz
Core Clock
16384 MB
Memory
1382 MHz
Core Clock
16384 MB
Memory
350 W
Thermal Design Power TDP
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GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

Desktop
Used in
Q4 2019
Launched
PCIe 3.0 x16
Motherboard Bus
1530 MHz
Core Clock
6144 MB
Memory
1530 MHz
Core Clock
6144 MB
Memory
125 W
Thermal Design Power TDP
NVIDIA logo NVIDIA logo

GeForce RTX 3050

Desktop
Used in
Q1 2022
Launched
PCIe 4.0 x8
Motherboard Bus
1552 MHz
Core Clock
8192 MB
Memory
1552 MHz
Core Clock
8192 MB
Memory
130 W
Thermal Design Power TDP
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GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Desktop
Used in
Q1 2019
Launched
PCIe 3.0 x16
Motherboard Bus
1500 MHz
Core Clock
6144 MB
Memory
1500 MHz
Core Clock
6144 MB
Memory
120 W
Thermal Design Power TDP
AMD logo AMD logo

Radeon Pro 5700 XT

Desktop
Used in
Q3 2020
Launched
PCIe 4.0 x16
Motherboard Bus
1243 MHz
Core Clock
16384 MB
Memory
1243 MHz
Core Clock
16384 MB
Memory
130 W
Thermal Design Power TDP
AMD logo AMD logo

Radeon Pro WX 9100

Desktop
Used in
Q4 2017
Launched
PCIe 3.0 x16
Motherboard Bus
1200 MHz
Core Clock
16384 MB
Memory
1200 MHz
Core Clock
16384 MB
Memory
230 W
Thermal Design Power TDP
AMD logo AMD logo

Radeon Pro Vega 56

Desktop
Used in
Q1 2018
Launched
1247 MHz
Core Clock
8192 MB
Memory
1247 MHz
Core Clock
8192 MB
Memory
NVIDIA logo NVIDIA logo

GeForce RTX 3050 OEM

Desktop
Used in
Q3 2022
Launched
NVIDIA logo NVIDIA logo

GeForce GTX 1660

Desktop
Used in
Q1 2019
Launched
PCIe 3.0 x16
Motherboard Bus
1530 MHz
Core Clock
6144 MB
Memory
1530 MHz
Core Clock
6144 MB
Memory
120 W
Thermal Design Power TDP
AMD logo AMD logo

Radeon RX 5600

Desktop
Used in
Q2 2020
Launched
PCIe 4.0 x16
Motherboard Bus
1130 MHz
Core Clock
6144 MB
Memory
1130 MHz
Core Clock
6144 MB
Memory
150 W
Thermal Design Power TDP
NVIDIA logo NVIDIA logo

GeForce GTX 980

Desktop
Used in
Q3 2014
Launched
PCIe 3.0 x16
Motherboard Bus
1126 MHz
Core Clock
4096 MB
Memory
1126 MHz
Core Clock
4096 MB
Memory
165 W
Thermal Design Power TDP
Intel logo Intel logo

Arc A770

Desktop
Used in
Q4 2022
Launched
PCIe 4.0 x16
Motherboard Bus
2100 MHz
Core Clock
16384 MB
Memory
2100 MHz
Core Clock
16384 MB
Memory
225 W
Thermal Design Power TDP
NVIDIA logo NVIDIA logo

GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER

Desktop
Used in
Q4 2019
Launched
PCIe 3.0 x16
Motherboard Bus
1530 MHz
Core Clock
4096 MB
Memory
1530 MHz
Core Clock
4096 MB
Memory
100 W
Thermal Design Power TDP
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Arc A750

Desktop
Used in
Q4 2022
Launched
PCIe 4.0 x16
Motherboard Bus
2050 MHz
Core Clock
8192 MB
Memory
2050 MHz
Core Clock
8192 MB
Memory
225 W
Thermal Design Power TDP
NVIDIA logo NVIDIA logo

Quadro GP100

Workstation
Used in
Q2 2017
Launched
PCIe 3.0 x16
Motherboard Bus
1328 MHz
Core Clock
16384 MB
Memory
1328 MHz
Core Clock
16384 MB
Memory
235 W
Thermal Design Power TDP
NVIDIA logo NVIDIA logo

Quadro RTX 5000

Workstation
Used in
Q1 2019
Launched
PCIe 3.0 x16
Motherboard Bus
1620 MHz
Core Clock
16384 MB
Memory
1620 MHz
Core Clock
16384 MB
Memory
230 W
Thermal Design Power TDP
NVIDIA logo NVIDIA logo

Quadro RTX 4000

Workstation
Used in
Q1 2019
Launched
PCIe 3.0 x16
Motherboard Bus
1005 MHz
Core Clock
8192 MB
Memory
1005 MHz
Core Clock
8192 MB
Memory
160 W
Thermal Design Power TDP
AMD logo AMD logo

Radeon PRO W6600

Workstation
Used in
Q3 2021
Launched
2331 MHz
Core Clock
8192 MB
Memory
2331 MHz
Core Clock
8192 MB
Memory
120 W
Thermal Design Power TDP
NVIDIA logo NVIDIA logo

Quadro P6000

Workstation
Used in
Q4 2016
Launched
PCIe 3.0 x16
Motherboard Bus
1417 MHz
Core Clock
24000 MB
Memory
1417 MHz
Core Clock
24000 MB
Memory
250 W
Thermal Design Power TDP
AMD logo AMD logo

Radeon Pro VII

Workstation
Used in
Q4 2020
Launched
1400 MHz
Core Clock
16384 MB
Memory
1400 MHz
Core Clock
16384 MB
Memory
250 W
Thermal Design Power TDP
NVIDIA logo NVIDIA logo

Tesla P40

Workstation
Used in
Q2 2022
Launched
PCIe 3.0 x16
Motherboard Bus
1303 MHz
Core Clock
24576 MB
Memory
1303 MHz
Core Clock
24576 MB
Memory
250 W
Thermal Design Power TDP
AMD logo AMD logo

Radeon Pro Vega 64

Workstation
Used in
Q1 2018
Launched
NVIDIA logo NVIDIA logo

Quadro P5000

Workstation
Used in
Q4 2016
Launched
PCIe 3.0 x16
Motherboard Bus
1607 MHz
Core Clock
16384 MB
Memory
1607 MHz
Core Clock
16384 MB
Memory
180 W
Thermal Design Power TDP
NVIDIA logo NVIDIA logo

Quadro M6000

Workstation
Used in
Q3 2016
Launched
PCIe 3.0 x16
Motherboard Bus
988 MHz
Core Clock
24576 MB
Memory
988 MHz
Core Clock
24576 MB
Memory
250 W
Thermal Design Power TDP
NVIDIA logo NVIDIA logo

Quadro P4000

Workstation
Used in
Q1 2017
Launched
PCIe 3.0 x16
Motherboard Bus
1227 MHz
Core Clock
8192 MB
Memory
1227 MHz
Core Clock
8192 MB
Memory
105 W
Thermal Design Power TDP
AMD logo AMD logo

Radeon Pro Vega 48

Workstation
Used in
Q3 2019
Launched
NVIDIA logo NVIDIA logo

Quadro P4200 (Max-Q Design)

Workstation
Used in
Q4 2018
Launched
NVIDIA logo NVIDIA logo

Quadro P4200

Workstation
Used in
Q3 2018
Launched
1227 MHz
Core Clock
8192 MB
Memory
1227 MHz
Core Clock
8192 MB
Memory
100 W
Thermal Design Power TDP
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Average frames per second

Intel Core i9-9960X can run games with frames per second ranging from 152.7 FPS up to 381.8 FPS depending on game settings with 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) resolution.

  • On ultra settings this processor can achieve on average around 152.7 FPS
  • On high settings this processor can achieve on average around 244.4 FPS
  • On medium settings this processor can achieve on average around 305.4 FPS
  • On low settings this processor can achieve on average around 381.8 FPS

Frames per second calculator

Game Grand Theft Auto V

Screen Resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p))

Processor Intel Core i9-9960X

Number of frames per second for Intel Core i9-9960X processor in Grand Theft Auto V game with 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) resolution. When there isn't bottleneck in configuration, Intel Core i9-9960X can achieve from 134.5 FPS up to 504.3 FPS frames per second while running Grand Theft Auto V game.

  • On ultra settings Intel Core i9-9960X can achieve from 134.5 FPS up to 201.7 FPS , with average around 168.1 FPS .
  • On high settings Intel Core i9-9960X can achieve from 215.1 FPS up to 322.7 FPS , with average around 269.0 FPS .
  • On medium settings Intel Core i9-9960X can achieve from 268.9 FPS up to 403.4 FPS , with average around 336.2 FPS .
  • On low settings Intel Core i9-9960X can achieve from 336.1 FPS up to 504.3 FPS , with average around 420.2 FPS .

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