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Intel logo Core i9-10980XE
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General information Core i9-10980XE Core i5-6500
Launched Q4 2019 Q3 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Cascade Lake-X Skylake-S
Clock 3 GHz 6.3 % 3.2 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.8 GHz 0 % 3.6 GHz 25 %
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 256 GB 0 % 64 GB 75 %
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 i9-10980XE Core i5-6500
Overall Score 67889 0 % 43679 35.7 %
Future Proof 73 % 0 % 49 % 32.9 %
Benchmark Score 21242 0 % 3640 82.9 %
Single Thread Score 2628.8 0 % 2093.1 20.4 %
Encrypting Data 12889.1 MB/s 0 % 1652.3 MB/s 87.2 %
Compressing Data 549.1 MB/s 0 % 76 MB/s 86.2 %
String objects sorting 69669.3 thousand/s 0 % 9387.3 thousand/s 86.5 %
Prime numbers generation 116.8 millions/s 0 % 27.8 millions/s 76.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 129093 millions/s 0 % 14754.8 millions/s 88.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 80056.8 millions/s 0 % 12529.7 millions/s 84.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-10980XE, Core i5-6500.

Average frames per second Core i9-10980XE Core i5-6500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 156.4 FPS 84.4 FPS
High settings 250.2 FPS 135.1 FPS
Medium settings 312.8 FPS 168.8 FPS
Low settings 391.0 FPS 211.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 46 %

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 i9-10980XE Core i5-6500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 170.2 FPS 127.6 FPS
High settings 272.3 FPS 204.1 FPS
Medium settings 340.3 FPS 255.1 FPS
Low settings 425.4 FPS 318.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 25 %
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