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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: 82.60
Overall Rank: 309
Last Price Change: $347.48 USD (2024-05-12)
| Integer Math | 107,463 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 66,952 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 104 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 59,043 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 11,138 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 480,352 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 1,486 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 37,510 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 2,501 MOps/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
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 | $347.48 USD | Buy Now! |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 59,324 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,381 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,185 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,631 | |
| Intel Core i9-7960X @ 2.80GHz | 28,702 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,025 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,908 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,314 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,764 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,475 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,184 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 211.48 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 151.83 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 140.96 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 124.27 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 121.41 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.67 | |
| Intel Core i9-7960X @ 2.80GHz | 82.60 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 51.59 | |
| 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 | 4,633 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,171 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,035 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,927 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,837 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,702 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,471 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,361 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,932 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,568 | |
| Intel Core i9-7960X @ 2.80GHz | 2,501 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2094112 - May 05 2024 [Overclocked] | 28709 | |
| BL2094099 - May 05 2024 [Overclocked] | 28523 | |
| BL2039782 - Mar 02 2024 | 27824 | |
| BL1969064 - Dec 13 2023 | 27948 | |
| BL5052991 - Dec 04 2023 | 30231 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-7960X @ 2.80GHz | 28,702 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 32,655 (+13.8%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 32,737 (+14.1%) | |
| Intel Core i9-7940X @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 26,007 (-9.4%) | |
| Intel Core i9-7920X @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 23,616 (-17.7%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 3800X vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 23,171 (-19.3%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 34,357 (+19.7%) | |
| AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 27,571 (-3.9%) | |
| AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 23,128 (-19.4%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 22,923 (-20.1%) | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 34,631 (+20.7%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7700 vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 34,598 (+20.5%) | |
| Intel Core i7-12700 vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 30,816 (+7.4%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900KS | 9,644 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 9,271 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 9,069 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900KS | 8,557 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 8,406 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 8,145 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900KF | 8,001 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D | 7,878 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 7,795 | |
| Intel Core i7-14700K | 7,558 | |
| Intel Core i7-13790F | 7,532 | |
| Intel Core i7-14700KF | 7,519 | |
| Intel Core i9-7960X @ 2.80GHz | 2,312 |
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