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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. 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: 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
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2017
CPUmark/$Price: 78.14
Overall Rank: 308
Last Price Change: $367.98 USD (2023-06-01)
| Integer Math | 107,586 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 67,034 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 104 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 59,107 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 11,190 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 480,666 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 1,493 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 37,531 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 2,504 MOps/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
 | $595.00 USD | Buy Now! |
 | $367.98 USD | Buy Now! |
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$674.00 (www.amazon.com)
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 59,330 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,362 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,645 | |
| Intel Core i9-7960X @ 2.80GHz | 28,754 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 22,575 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,020 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,912 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,323 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,767 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,442 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,185 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 212.81 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 153.60 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 140.09 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 117.18 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 104.09 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.71 | |
| Intel Core i9-7960X @ 2.80GHz | 78.14 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 32.43 | |
| 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 | 4,635 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,173 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,036 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,929 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,839 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,704 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,361 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,932 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 2,661 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,568 | |
| Intel Core i9-7960X @ 2.80GHz | 2,504 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2039782 - Mar 02 2024 | 27824 | |
| BL1969064 - Dec 13 2023 | 27948 | |
| BL5052991 - Dec 04 2023 | 30231 | |
| BL5052373 - Nov 27 2023 | 28230 | |
| BL1953756 - Nov 24 2023 | 32356 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-7960X @ 2.80GHz | 28,754 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 32,738 (+13.9%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 34,369 (+19.5%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 28,294 (-1.6%) | |
| AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 27,577 (-4.1%) | |
| AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 23,142 (-19.5%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 22,930 (-20.3%) | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 34,645 (+20.5%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7700 vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 34,606 (+20.4%) | |
| Intel Core i7-12700KF vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 34,458 (+19.8%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 32,659 (+13.6%) | |
| Intel Core i7-12700 vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 30,831 (+7.2%) | |
| Intel Core i7-12700F vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 30,666 (+6.6%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900KS | 10,026 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 9,259 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 9,070 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900KS | 8,559 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 8,403 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 8,177 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900KF | 7,993 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D | 7,883 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 7,792 | |
| Intel Core i7-14700K | 7,536 | |
| Intel Core i7-13790F | 7,532 | |
| Intel Core i7-14700KF | 7,515 | |
| Intel Core i9-7960X @ 2.80GHz | 2,319 |
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