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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: 60.84
Overall Rank:
482nd fastest in multithreading out of 5267 CPUs
1081st fastest in single threading out of 5267 CPUs
152nd fastest in out of 1451 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $462.16 USD (2025-07-10)
Integer Math | 106,235 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 64,947 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 102 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 57,269 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 11,120 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 472,398 KBytes/Sec |
Physics | 1,438 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 36,264 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 2,453 MOps/Sec |
Merchant | Price | Purchase |
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![]() | $458.88 USD | Buy Now! |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,630 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,011 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,436 | |
Intel Core i9-7960X @ 2.80GHz | 28,116 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,146 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,860 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,489 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,159 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,702 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,655 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,147 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
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AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 228.15 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 168.96 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 151.27 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 136.62 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 135.11 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.20 | |
Intel Core i9-7960X @ 2.80GHz | 60.84 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 49.35 | |
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 | |
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Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,610 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,014 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,899 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,680 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,477 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,469 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,364 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,920 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,563 | |
Intel Core i9-7960X @ 2.80GHz | 2,453 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL2736329 - Jul 02 2025 | 27324 | |
BL5097216 - Jun 27 2025 [Excluded] | 9882 | |
BL2645993 - May 23 2025 | 28671 | |
BL2599198 - May 03 2025 | 28284 | |
BL2547375 - Apr 11 2025 | 27772 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i9-7960X @ 2.80GHz | 28,116 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 32,550 (+15.8%) | |
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 32,578 (+15.9%) | |
Intel Core i9-7920X @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 23,463 (-16.5%) | |
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 27,594 (-1.9%) | |
AMD Ryzen 9 3900 vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 30,617 (+8.9%) | |
Intel Core i7-12700K vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 34,436 (+22.5%) | |
Intel Core i9-11900K @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 25,049 (-10.9%) | |
Intel Core i9-11900KF @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 24,716 (-12.1%) | |
Intel Core i7-11700K @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 24,415 (-13.2%) | |
Intel Core i7-11700KF @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 23,822 (-15.3%) | |
Intel Core i9-10900K @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 22,488 (-20.0%) | |
Intel Core i9-10850K @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 22,058 (-21.5%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
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AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,433 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,145 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,284 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,836 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,572 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,479 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,276 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,909 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,800 | |
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,642 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,532 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,445 | |
Intel Core i9-7960X @ 2.80GHz | 1,983 |