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General information Core i7-980 FX-4170
Launched Q3 2011 Q1 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA1366 AM3+
Series Name Intel Core i7 AMD FX
Core Family Name Gulftown Zambezi
Clock 3.3 GHz 21.4 % 4.2 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.6 GHz 16.3 % 4.3 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 125 W 3.8 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 16 kB Data
2 × 64 kB Instruction
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
2 × 2 MB
L3 Cache 1 × 12 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-980 FX-4170
Overall Score 46001 0 % 37424 18.6 %
Future Proof 26 % 7.1 % 28 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 4478 0 % 1962 56.2 %
Single Thread Score 1534.4 0 % 1469.9 4.2 %
Encrypting Data 2682.6 MB/s 40.5 % 4506.1 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 116.8 MB/s 0 % 49.4 MB/s 57.7 %
String objects sorting 15957.3 thousand/s 0 % 6487.9 thousand/s 59.3 %
Prime numbers generation 31.8 millions/s 0 % 17.8 millions/s 43.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 29265 millions/s 0 % 10357 millions/s 64.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12257.4 millions/s 0 % 5406 millions/s 55.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-980, FX-4170.

Average frames per second Core i7-980 FX-4170
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 91.3 FPS 65.9 FPS
High settings 146.1 FPS 105.4 FPS
Medium settings 182.6 FPS 131.7 FPS
Low settings 228.3 FPS 164.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 27.9 %

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 i7-980 FX-4170
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 131.7 FPS 116.5 FPS
High settings 210.6 FPS 186.4 FPS
Medium settings 263.3 FPS 233.0 FPS
Low settings 329.1 FPS 291.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.5 %
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