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Intel logo Core i7-980
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General information Core i7-980 Core i5-6600K
Launched Q3 2011 Q3 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 FCLGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Gulftown Skylake-S
Clock 3.3 GHz 5.7 % 3.5 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.6 GHz 7.7 % 3.9 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 91 W 30 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 14 nm 56.3 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 12 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-980 Core i5-6600K
Overall Score 46002 0 % 44965 2.3 %
Future Proof 26 % 46.9 % 49 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 4478 0 % 4088 8.7 %
Single Thread Score 1549.8 32.7 % 2303.7 0 %
Encrypting Data 2674.6 MB/s 0 % 1829 MB/s 31.6 %
Compressing Data 114.9 MB/s 0 % 83.7 MB/s 27.2 %
String objects sorting 15672.7 thousand/s 0 % 10706.9 thousand/s 31.7 %
Prime numbers generation 32.3 millions/s 0 % 30.9 millions/s 4.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 29030.9 millions/s 0 % 16467.9 millions/s 43.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12331.3 millions/s 13.2 % 14198.7 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-980, Core i5-6600K.

Average frames per second Core i7-980 Core i5-6600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 91.3 FPS 88.2 FPS
High settings 146.1 FPS 141.1 FPS
Medium settings 182.7 FPS 176.4 FPS
Low settings 228.3 FPS 220.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.4 %

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 i7-980 Core i5-6600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 131.6 FPS 129.8 FPS
High settings 210.5 FPS 207.7 FPS
Medium settings 263.2 FPS 259.6 FPS
Low settings 328.9 FPS 324.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.4 %
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