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Intel logo Core i9-7980XE
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General information Core i9-7980XE Core i7-6800K
Launched Q3 2017 Q2 2016
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 LGA2011-v3
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Skylake-X Broadwell-E
Clock 2.6 GHz 23.5 % 3.4 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.2 GHz 0 % 3.8 GHz 9.5 %
Cores 18 0 % 6 66.7 %
Threads 36 0 % 12 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 140 W 15.2 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 18 × 32 kB Instruction
18 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 18 × 1 MB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 24 MB
1 × 15 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-7980XE Core i7-6800K
Overall Score 66463 0 % 51362 22.7 %
Future Proof 60 % 0 % 53 % 11.7 %
Benchmark Score 19513 0 % 6959 64.3 %
Single Thread Score 2477.5 0 % 2285.6 7.7 %
Encrypting Data 11844.7 MB/s 0 % 2904.3 MB/s 75.5 %
Compressing Data 518.6 MB/s 0 % 157.2 MB/s 69.7 %
String objects sorting 64403.4 thousand/s 0 % 20787.2 thousand/s 67.7 %
Prime numbers generation 111.9 millions/s 0 % 47.7 millions/s 57.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 117241 millions/s 0 % 37238.2 millions/s 68.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 72550.3 millions/s 0 % 24197.6 millions/s 66.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7980XE, Core i7-6800K.

Average frames per second Core i9-7980XE Core i7-6800K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.1 FPS 107.3 FPS
High settings 243.4 FPS 171.6 FPS
Medium settings 304.2 FPS 214.6 FPS
Low settings 380.3 FPS 268.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 29.5 %

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 i9-7980XE Core i7-6800K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 167.6 FPS 141.0 FPS
High settings 268.1 FPS 225.6 FPS
Medium settings 335.1 FPS 282.1 FPS
Low settings 418.9 FPS 352.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 15.8 %
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