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Intel logo Core i9-9980XE
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General information Core i9-9980XE Core i7-5960X
Launched Q4 2018 Q3 2014
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 LGA2011-v3
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Skylake-X Haswell-E
Clock 3 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.5 GHz 0 % 3.5 GHz 22.2 %
Cores 18 0 % 8 55.6 %
Threads 36 0 % 16 55.6 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 140 W 15.2 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 64 GB 50 %
Lithography 14 nm 36.4 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 18 × 32 kB Instruction
18 × 32 kB Data
8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 18 × 1 MB
8 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 24.75 MB
1 × 20 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-9980XE Core i7-5960X
Overall Score 67471 0 % 53568 20.6 %
Future Proof 68 % 0 % 43 % 36.8 %
Benchmark Score 20724 0 % 8234 60.3 %
Single Thread Score 2547.6 0 % 1989 21.9 %
Encrypting Data 12235.1 MB/s 0 % 3674.8 MB/s 70 %
Compressing Data 541.2 MB/s 0 % 192.8 MB/s 64.4 %
String objects sorting 69271.4 thousand/s 0 % 27637 thousand/s 60.1 %
Prime numbers generation 117.2 millions/s 0 % 61.1 millions/s 47.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 127159 millions/s 0 % 47877.2 millions/s 62.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 78293.6 millions/s 0 % 24013.6 millions/s 69.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-9980XE, Core i7-5960X.

Average frames per second Core i9-9980XE Core i7-5960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 155.1 FPS 113.8 FPS
High settings 248.2 FPS 182.1 FPS
Medium settings 310.3 FPS 227.7 FPS
Low settings 387.9 FPS 284.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 26.6 %

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 i9-9980XE Core i7-5960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 169.4 FPS 144.9 FPS
High settings 271.1 FPS 231.8 FPS
Medium settings 338.9 FPS 289.8 FPS
Low settings 423.6 FPS 362.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 14.5 %
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