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Core i7-960 vs Core i9-7960X

Core i7-960 vs Core i9-7960X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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Key Differences

In short — Core i9-7960X outperforms Core i7-960 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i9-7960X is 2873 days newer than Core i7-960.

Advantages of Intel Core i7-960

  • Consumes up to 21% less energy than Intel Core i9-7960X - 130 vs 165 Watts

Advantages of Intel Core i9-7960X

  • Performs up to 12% better in Borderlands 3 than Core i7-960 - 220 vs 197 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-960 - 32 vs 8 threads
This is a free version of Borderlands 3.
Borderlands 3

Borderlands 3

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Badass

Intel Core i7-960 Logo
Core i7-960

Desktop • Oct 20th, 2009


FPS

197

89.54545454545455%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

Intel Core i9-7960X Logo
Core i9-7960X

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2017


FPS

220

100%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

FPS Winner

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Badass

Intel Core i7-960 Logo
Core i7-960

Desktop • Oct 20th, 2009

Intel Core i9-7960X Logo
Core i9-7960X

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2017

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i7-960 Logo
Core i7-960

Desktop • Oct 20th, 2009


Single-Core

491

35.68313953488372%

Multi-Core

1663

15.844131097560975%

Intel Core i9-7960X Logo
Core i9-7960X

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2017


Single-Core

1376

100%

Multi-Core

10496

100%

Intel Core i7-960 Logo

Intel Core i7-960

vs
Intel Core i9-7960X Logo

Intel Core i9-7960X

Oct 20th, 2009Release Date
Sep 1st, 2017
Core i7CollectionCore i9
BloomfieldCodenameSkylake
Intel Socket 1366SocketIntel Socket 2066
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
4Cores
16
8Threads
32
3.2 GHz
Base Clock Speed2.8 GHz
3.5 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.2 GHz
130 W
TDP165 W
45 nmProcess Size
14 nm
24.0xMultiplier
28.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
NoOverclockable
Yes

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