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Intel logo Core i9-7980XE
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General information Core i9-7980XE Core i7-2600
Launched Q3 2017 Q4 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Skylake-X Sandy Bridge
Clock 2.6 GHz 23.5 % 3.4 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.2 GHz 0 % 3.8 GHz 9.5 %
Cores 18 0 % 4 77.8 %
Threads 36 0 % 8 77.8 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 95 W 42.4 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 18 × 32 kB Instruction
18 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 18 × 1 MB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 24 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-7980XE Core i7-2600
Overall Score 66438 0 % 43115 35.1 %
Future Proof 60 % 0 % 21 % 65 %
Benchmark Score 19484 0 % 3456 82.3 %
Single Thread Score 2486.4 0 % 1726.1 30.6 %
Encrypting Data 11706 MB/s 0 % 1603.2 MB/s 86.3 %
Compressing Data 518.9 MB/s 0 % 87.3 MB/s 83.2 %
String objects sorting 64296.9 thousand/s 0 % 13238 thousand/s 79.4 %
Prime numbers generation 109.6 millions/s 0 % 24.1 millions/s 78 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 116418 millions/s 0 % 20684.2 millions/s 82.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 71543.1 millions/s 0 % 7703.2 millions/s 89.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7980XE, Core i7-2600.

Average frames per second Core i9-7980XE Core i7-2600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.0 FPS 82.7 FPS
High settings 243.3 FPS 132.4 FPS
Medium settings 304.1 FPS 165.5 FPS
Low settings 380.1 FPS 206.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 45.6 %

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 i9-7980XE Core i7-2600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 167.5 FPS 126.4 FPS
High settings 268.0 FPS 202.3 FPS
Medium settings 335.0 FPS 252.9 FPS
Low settings 418.7 FPS 316.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 24.5 %
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