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General information Core i9-9980XE Core i7-6950X
Launched Q4 2018 Q2 2016
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 LGA2011-v3
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Skylake-X Broadwell-E
Clock 3 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.5 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 11.1 %
Cores 18 0 % 10 44.4 %
Threads 36 0 % 20 44.4 %
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
10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 18 × 1 MB
10 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 24.75 MB
1 × 25 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-9980XE Core i7-6950X
Overall Score 67209 0 % 57719 14.1 %
Future Proof 68 % 0 % 53 % 22.1 %
Benchmark Score 20404 0 % 11099 45.6 %
Single Thread Score 2586.1 0 % 2347.7 9.2 %
Encrypting Data 12223 MB/s 0 % 5024.8 MB/s 58.9 %
Compressing Data 546.6 MB/s 0 % 273.8 MB/s 49.9 %
String objects sorting 69690.3 thousand/s 0 % 35991 thousand/s 48.4 %
Prime numbers generation 116.8 millions/s 0 % 78.7 millions/s 32.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 125895 millions/s 0 % 63723.2 millions/s 49.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 77979.1 millions/s 0 % 41132 millions/s 47.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-9980XE, Core i7-6950X.

Average frames per second Core i9-9980XE Core i7-6950X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 155.0 FPS 126.8 FPS
High settings 248.1 FPS 202.8 FPS
Medium settings 310.1 FPS 253.5 FPS
Low settings 387.6 FPS 316.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 18.2 %

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 i7-6950X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 170.7 FPS 153.5 FPS
High settings 273.1 FPS 245.6 FPS
Medium settings 341.4 FPS 306.9 FPS
Low settings 426.8 FPS 383.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 10.1 %
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