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Intel logo Core i9-9980XE
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General information Core i9-9980XE Core i5-6500
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 6.3 % 3.2 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.5 GHz 0 % 3.6 GHz 20 %
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 i5-6500
Overall Score 67471 0 % 43679 35.3 %
Future Proof 68 % 0 % 49 % 27.9 %
Benchmark Score 20724 0 % 3640 82.4 %
Single Thread Score 2552.8 0 % 2103.7 17.6 %
Encrypting Data 12113.9 MB/s 0 % 1665.7 MB/s 86.3 %
Compressing Data 539 MB/s 0 % 74.8 MB/s 86.1 %
String objects sorting 69131.7 thousand/s 0 % 9472.5 thousand/s 86.3 %
Prime numbers generation 117 millions/s 0 % 27.8 millions/s 76.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 126527 millions/s 0 % 14563.7 millions/s 88.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 77821.9 millions/s 0 % 12430.1 millions/s 84 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-9980XE, Core i5-6500.

Average frames per second Core i9-9980XE Core i5-6500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 155.1 FPS 84.4 FPS
High settings 248.2 FPS 135.1 FPS
Medium settings 310.3 FPS 168.8 FPS
Low settings 387.9 FPS 211.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 45.6 %

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 i5-6500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 169.4 FPS 127.5 FPS
High settings 271.0 FPS 204.1 FPS
Medium settings 338.7 FPS 255.1 FPS
Low settings 423.4 FPS 318.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 24.7 %
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