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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: 69.87
Overall Rank:
492nd fastest in multithreading out of 5482 CPUs
1045th fastest in single threading out of 5482 CPUs
153rd fastest in out of 1484 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $428.32 USD (2025-12-10)
| Integer Math | 116,566 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 72,479 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 109 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 63,897 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 10,989 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 508,125 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 1,498 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 39,213 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 2,589 MOps/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 58,546 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,357 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 38,953 | |
| Intel Core i9-9960X @ 3.10GHz | 29,927 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,148 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,845 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,542 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,109 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,685 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,653 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,144 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 282.23 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 160.91 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 159.58 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 135.21 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 122.15 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 106.30 | |
| Intel Core i9-9960X @ 3.10GHz | 69.87 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 53.74 | |
| 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 i9-14900K | 4,696 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,601 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,890 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,833 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,678 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,487 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,467 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,364 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,915 | |
| Intel Core i9-9960X @ 3.10GHz | 2,589 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,561 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL3022964 - Nov 02 2025 | 32053 | |
| BL3022500 - Nov 02 2025 | 29860 | |
| BL2945540 - Oct 01 2025 | 29039 | |
| BL2873190 - Aug 30 2025 | 29748 | |
| BL2831468 - Aug 12 2025 | 31101 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-9960X @ 3.10GHz | 29,927 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT vs Intel Core i9-9960X | 32,506 (+8.6%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 3900 vs Intel Core i9-9960X | 30,572 (+2.2%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D vs Intel Core i9-9960X | 34,298 (+14.6%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D vs Intel Core i9-9960X | 26,303 (-12.1%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 3800X vs Intel Core i9-9960X | 23,006 (-23.1%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 vs Intel Core i9-9960X | 22,763 (-23.9%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs Intel Core i9-9960X | 32,515 (+8.6%) | |
| Intel Core i9-7960X @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Core i9-9960X | 28,020 (-6.4%) | |
| Intel Core i9-10940X @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Core i9-9960X | 27,687 (-7.5%) | |
| Intel Core i9-10920X @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i9-9960X | 25,856 (-13.6%) | |
| AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2920X vs Intel Core i9-9960X | 25,148 (-16.0%) | |
| Intel Core i9-11900K @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i9-9960X | 24,984 (-16.5%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,441 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,126 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,254 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,796 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,513 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,449 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D | 10,350 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,270 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,778 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,670 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,477 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,412 | |
| Intel Core i9-9960X @ 3.10GHz | 2,224 |
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