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General information Core i7-980 FX-8370
Launched Q3 2011 Q3 2014
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA1366 AM3+
Series Name Intel Core i7 AMD FX
Core Family Name Gulftown Vishera
Clock 3.3 GHz 17.5 % 4 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.6 GHz 16.3 % 4.3 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 25 % 8 0 %
Threads 12 0 % 8 33.3 %
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 × 64 kB Instruction
8 × 16 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
4 × 2 MB
L3 Cache 1 × 12 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-980 FX-8370
Overall Score 46113 0 % 44861 2.7 %
Future Proof 26 % 39.5 % 43 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 4522 0 % 4050 10.4 %
Single Thread Score 1537.5 5.8 % 1631.6 0 %
Encrypting Data 2666.5 MB/s 0 % 1910.5 MB/s 28.4 %
Compressing Data 116.3 MB/s 0 % 105.8 MB/s 9.1 %
String objects sorting 15656.9 thousand/s 0 % 13327.1 thousand/s 14.9 %
Prime numbers generation 32.1 millions/s 0 % 31 millions/s 3.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 29030.9 millions/s 32.1 % 42730 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12306.7 millions/s 0 % 11169.6 millions/s 9.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-980, FX-8370.

Average frames per second Core i7-980 FX-8370
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 91.3 FPS 87.5 FPS
High settings 146.1 FPS 140.0 FPS
Medium settings 182.6 FPS 175.0 FPS
Low settings 228.2 FPS 218.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.1 %

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-8370
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 131.5 FPS 129.3 FPS
High settings 210.4 FPS 206.9 FPS
Medium settings 263.1 FPS 258.7 FPS
Low settings 328.8 FPS 323.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.7 %
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