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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, but may be a bottleneck on newer releases. [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: 72.08
Overall Rank:
322nd fastest in multithreading out of 4770 CPUs
796th fastest in single threading out of 4770 CPUs
105th fastest in out of 1369 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $400.00 USD (2024-07-24)
Integer Math | 108,432 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 66,965 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 103 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 58,872 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 11,456 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 485,225 KBytes/Sec |
Physics | 1,467 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 37,388 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 2,497 MOps/Sec |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i9-13900K | 59,235 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,481 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,150 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,619 | |
Intel Core i9-7960X @ 2.80GHz | 28,833 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,050 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,894 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,284 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,754 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,535 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,172 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
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AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 221.95 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 168.43 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 146.82 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 138.27 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 134.63 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.64 | |
Intel Core i9-7960X @ 2.80GHz | 72.08 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 55.41 | |
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 | 4,629 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,166 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,032 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,919 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,837 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,695 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,470 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,360 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,930 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,567 | |
Intel Core i9-7960X @ 2.80GHz | 2,497 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL5068779 - Jul 16 2024 | 25886 | |
BL5068774 - Jul 16 2024 | 20431 | |
BL5068712 - Jul 16 2024 | 31657 | |
BL2144458 - Jul 13 2024 | 33149 | |
BL2143643 - Jul 12 2024 [Overclocked] | 37421 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i9-7960X @ 2.80GHz | 28,833 | |
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 27,564 (-4.4%) | |
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 32,690 (+13.4%) | |
Intel Core i9-7940X @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 26,025 (-9.7%) | |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 34,252 (+18.8%) | |
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 28,283 (-1.9%) | |
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 23,104 (-19.9%) | |
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 22,916 (-20.5%) | |
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 38,779 (+34.5%) | |
Intel Core i7-12700K vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 34,619 (+20.1%) | |
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 32,642 (+13.2%) | |
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 23,622 (-18.1%) | |
Intel Core i9-10900K @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Core i9-7960X | 22,854 (-20.7%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
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Intel Core i9-14900KS | 9,316 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 9,272 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 9,028 | |
Intel Core i9-13900KS | 8,528 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 8,385 | |
Intel Core i9-14900K | 8,104 | |
Intel Core i9-14900KF | 8,009 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D | 7,877 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 7,787 | |
Intel Core i7-13790F | 7,746 | |
Intel Core i7-14700K | 7,542 | |
Intel Core i7-14700KF | 7,533 | |
Intel Core i9-7960X @ 2.80GHz | 2,296 |