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Is the Intel Core i9-9960X @ 3.10GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. But this CPU contains 16 Cores and 32 Threads. Paired with a good videocard, is this CPU Good for Gaming? This CPU should be able to play most games. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: FCLGA2066
Clockspeed: 3.1 GHz
Turbo Speed: 4.4 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) i9-9960X CPU @ 3.10GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2019
CPUmark/$Price: 60.84
Overall Rank:
306th fastest in multithreading out of 4830 CPUs
722nd fastest in single threading out of 4830 CPUs
100th fastest in out of 1380 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $499.00 USD (2024-08-01)
| Integer Math | 116,652 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 72,719 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 112 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 64,702 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 11,306 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 511,317 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 1,536 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 39,444 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 2,608 MOps/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 59,133 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,489 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,128 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,611 | |
| Intel Core i9-9960X @ 3.10GHz | 30,360 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,888 | |
| Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz | 21,866 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,276 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,750 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,535 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,170 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 197.25 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 182.42 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 157.54 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 149.88 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 133.83 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.62 | |
| Intel Core i9-9960X @ 3.10GHz | 60.84 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 57.83 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,624 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,164 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,030 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,909 | |
| Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,806 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,693 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,469 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,360 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,929 | |
| Intel Core i9-9960X @ 3.10GHz | 2,608 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,567 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2092081 - May 02 2024 | 29456 | |
| BL2091578 - May 02 2024 | 28096 | |
| BL2053907 - Mar 17 2024 | 29375 | |
| BL2000915 - Jan 19 2024 | 32241 | |
| BL1998982 - Jan 17 2024 | 32269 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-9960X @ 3.10GHz | 30,360 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 3900 vs Intel Core i9-9960X | 30,818 (+1.5%) | |
| Intel Core i9-9920X @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i9-9960X | 25,163 (-17.1%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Intel Core i9-9960X | 38,761 (+27.7%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D vs Intel Core i9-9960X | 34,258 (+12.8%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs Intel Core i9-9960X | 32,630 (+7.5%) | |
| AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Intel Core i9-9960X | 27,568 (-9.2%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT vs Intel Core i9-9960X | 23,609 (-22.2%) | |
| Intel Core i9-10900K @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Core i9-9960X | 22,816 (-24.8%) | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K vs Intel Core i9-9960X | 34,611 (+14.0%) | |
| AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X vs Intel Core i9-9960X | 29,422 (-3.1%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 3800X vs Intel Core i9-9960X | 23,151 (-23.7%) | |
| Intel Core i9-9980XE @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i9-9960X | 31,995 (+5.4%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 9,269 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900KS | 9,235 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 9,033 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900KS | 8,497 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 8,393 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 8,094 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900KF | 7,972 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D | 7,842 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 7,779 | |
| Intel Core i7-13790F | 7,746 | |
| Intel Core i7-14700K | 7,531 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X | 7,519 | |
| Intel Core i9-9960X @ 3.10GHz | 2,412 |
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