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General information Core i9-10980XE Core i7-6950X
Launched Q4 2019 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 Cascade Lake-X Broadwell-E
Clock 3 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.8 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 16.7 %
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 i9-10980XE Core i7-6950X
Overall Score 67891 0 % 57932 14.7 %
Future Proof 73 % 0 % 53 % 27.4 %
Benchmark Score 21244 0 % 11264 47 %
Single Thread Score 2623.5 0 % 2349.4 10.4 %
Encrypting Data 12825 MB/s 0 % 5045 MB/s 60.7 %
Compressing Data 544.2 MB/s 0 % 272.9 MB/s 49.8 %
String objects sorting 70020.8 thousand/s 0 % 35377.6 thousand/s 49.5 %
Prime numbers generation 118.4 millions/s 0 % 78.8 millions/s 33.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 128450 millions/s 0 % 64035.6 millions/s 50.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 80536.2 millions/s 0 % 40884.6 millions/s 49.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-10980XE, Core i7-6950X.

Average frames per second Core i9-10980XE Core i7-6950X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 156.3 FPS 126.8 FPS
High settings 250.1 FPS 202.9 FPS
Medium settings 312.7 FPS 253.6 FPS
Low settings 390.8 FPS 317.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 18.9 %

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 i7-6950X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 170.6 FPS 153.0 FPS
High settings 273.0 FPS 244.7 FPS
Medium settings 341.2 FPS 305.9 FPS
Low settings 426.5 FPS 382.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 10.4 %
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