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General information Core i9-9980XE Core i7-12700
Launched Q4 2018 Q1 2022
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 FCLGA1700
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Skylake-X Alder Lake
Clock 3 GHz 0 % 2.1 GHz 30 %
Turbo Clock 4.5 GHz 8.2 % 4.9 GHz 0 %
Cores 18 0 % 12 33.3 %
Threads 36 0 % 20 44.4 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 65 W 60.6 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 10 nm 28.6 %
L1 Cache 18 × 32 kB Instruction
18 × 32 kB Data
8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 48 kB Data
L2 Cache 18 × 1 MB
8 × 1.25 MB
L3 Cache 1 × 24.75 MB
1 × 25 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-9980XE Core i7-12700
Overall Score 67470 0 % 66804 1 %
Future Proof 68 % 20.9 % 86 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 20723 0 % 19917 3.9 %
Single Thread Score 2565.6 34.9 % 3938.5 0 %
Encrypting Data 12077.5 MB/s 40.9 % 20435.6 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 545 MB/s 0 % 378.5 MB/s 30.6 %
String objects sorting 70179.1 thousand/s 0 % 40191.5 thousand/s 42.7 %
Prime numbers generation 117.6 millions/s 0 % 103.4 millions/s 12.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 127539 millions/s 0 % 107211 millions/s 15.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 79315.5 millions/s 2.9 % 81708.4 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-9980XE, Core i7-12700.

Average frames per second Core i9-9980XE Core i7-12700
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 155.1 FPS 153.1 FPS
High settings 248.1 FPS 244.9 FPS
Medium settings 310.1 FPS 306.1 FPS
Low settings 387.7 FPS 382.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.3 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core i9-9980XE Core i7-12700
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 169.0 FPS 167.8 FPS
High settings 270.4 FPS 268.5 FPS
Medium settings 338.0 FPS 335.6 FPS
Low settings 422.5 FPS 419.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.7 %
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