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Intel logo Core i7-9800X
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General information Core i7-9800X Core i5-6600
Launched Q4 2018 Q3 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Skylake-X Skylake-S
Clock 3.8 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 13.2 %
Turbo Clock 4.5 GHz 0 % 3.9 GHz 13.3 %
Cores 8 0 % 4 50 %
Threads 16 0 % 4 75 %
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 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 1 MB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 16.5 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-9800X Core i5-6600
Overall Score 58463 0 % 44474 23.9 %
Future Proof 68 % 0 % 49 % 27.9 %
Benchmark Score 11682 0 % 3912 66.5 %
Single Thread Score 2592.1 0 % 2250 13.2 %
Encrypting Data 6278.1 MB/s 0 % 1800.8 MB/s 71.3 %
Compressing Data 252.1 MB/s 0 % 80.6 MB/s 68 %
String objects sorting 32992.7 thousand/s 0 % 10165.5 thousand/s 69.2 %
Prime numbers generation 70.9 millions/s 0 % 28.9 millions/s 59.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 58315.8 millions/s 0 % 15781.7 millions/s 72.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 36377.4 millions/s 0 % 13473 millions/s 63 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-9800X, Core i5-6600.

Average frames per second Core i7-9800X Core i5-6600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 128.3 FPS 86.8 FPS
High settings 205.3 FPS 138.9 FPS
Medium settings 256.7 FPS 173.6 FPS
Low settings 320.8 FPS 217.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 32.4 %

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 i7-9800X Core i5-6600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 153.5 FPS 128.9 FPS
High settings 245.6 FPS 206.2 FPS
Medium settings 307.0 FPS 257.8 FPS
Low settings 383.8 FPS 322.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 16 %
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