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Intel logo Core i9-9980XE
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General information Core i9-9980XE Core i5-6600
Launched Q4 2018 Q3 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Skylake-X Skylake-S
Clock 3 GHz 9.1 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.5 GHz 0 % 3.9 GHz 13.3 %
Cores 18 0 % 4 77.8 %
Threads 36 0 % 4 88.9 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 65 W 60.6 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 64 GB 50 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 14 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 × 24.75 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i9-9980XE Core i5-6600
Overall Score 67471 0 % 44470 34.1 %
Future Proof 68 % 0 % 49 % 27.9 %
Benchmark Score 20724 0 % 3911 81.1 %
Single Thread Score 2552.8 0 % 2236.4 12.4 %
Encrypting Data 12113.9 MB/s 0 % 1795.4 MB/s 85.2 %
Compressing Data 539 MB/s 0 % 81.9 MB/s 84.8 %
String objects sorting 69131.7 thousand/s 0 % 10115.9 thousand/s 85.4 %
Prime numbers generation 117 millions/s 0 % 29.2 millions/s 75.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 126527 millions/s 0 % 15907.6 millions/s 87.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 77821.9 millions/s 0 % 13458.6 millions/s 82.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-9980XE, Core i5-6600.

Average frames per second Core i9-9980XE Core i5-6600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 155.1 FPS 86.8 FPS
High settings 248.2 FPS 138.9 FPS
Medium settings 310.3 FPS 173.6 FPS
Low settings 387.9 FPS 217.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 44.1 %

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 i9-9980XE Core i5-6600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 169.4 FPS 128.9 FPS
High settings 271.0 FPS 206.2 FPS
Medium settings 338.7 FPS 257.8 FPS
Low settings 423.4 FPS 322.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 23.9 %
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