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Benchmarks for the Intel Core i9-7960X can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.
Is the Intel Core i9-7960X @ 2.80GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: FCLGA2066
Clockspeed: 2.8 GHz
Turbo Speed: 4.2 GHz
Cores: 16 Threads: 32
Typical TDP: 165 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 16 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 16 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 16 x 1024 KB
L3 Cache: 22 MB
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-7960X CPU @ 2.80GHz, Intel Core i9-7960X CPU @ 2.80GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2017
CPUmark/$Price: 58.13
Overall Rank:
385th fastest in multithreading out of 4981 CPUs
943rd fastest in single threading out of 4981 CPUs
126th fastest in out of 1409 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $490.19 USD (2025-02-09)
Integer Math | 106,497 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 64,999 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 104 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 57,627 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 11,477 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 474,150 KBytes/Sec |
Physics | 1,480 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 36,278 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 2,459 MOps/Sec |
Merchant | Price | Purchase |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,826 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,390 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,068 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,575 | |
Intel Core i9-7960X @ 2.80GHz | 28,494 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,110 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,877 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,216 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,725 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,619 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,152 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
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AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 198.90 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 191.94 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 155.19 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 144.08 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 131.90 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.54 | |
Intel Core i9-7960X @ 2.80GHz | 58.13 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 48.61 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,614 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,151 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,024 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,903 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,684 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,470 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,362 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,924 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,565 | |
Intel Core i9-7960X @ 2.80GHz | 2,459 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL2361122 - Jan 23 2025 [Overclocked] | 31931 | |
BL2354560 - Jan 20 2025 | 29549 | |
BL2349289 - Jan 17 2025 [Overclocked] | 31266 | |
BL2327769 - Jan 08 2025 | 10436 | |
BL2320909 - Jan 04 2025 | 28824 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i9-7960X @ 2.80GHz | 28,494 | |
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 27,631 (-3.0%) | |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 34,260 (+20.2%) | |
AMD Ryzen 9 3900 vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 30,720 (+7.8%) | |
Intel Core i9-9960X @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 30,298 (+6.3%) | |
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 38,681 (+35.8%) | |
Intel Core i7-12700K vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 34,575 (+21.3%) | |
Intel Core i9-9920X @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 25,097 (-11.9%) | |
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 23,599 (-17.2%) | |
Intel Core i9-10900K @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 22,662 (-20.5%) | |
Intel Core i7-7820X @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 17,148 (-39.8%) | |
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 32,652 (+14.6%) | |
Intel Core i9-7940X @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 25,703 (-9.8%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
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AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,192 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,865 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,649 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,605 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,306 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,845 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,524 | |
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,522 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF | 9,277 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,127 | |
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF | 9,104 | |
Intel Core i9-14900KS | 9,034 | |
Intel Core i9-7960X @ 2.80GHz | 2,015 |