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Intel logo Core i9-10980XE
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General information Core i9-10980XE Core i7-6900K
Launched Q4 2019 Q2 2016
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 FCLGA2011-3
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Cascade Lake-X Broadwell-E
Clock 3 GHz 6.3 % 3.2 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.8 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 16.7 %
Cores 18 0 % 8 55.6 %
Threads 36 0 % 16 55.6 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 140 W 15.2 %
Maximum supported RAM 256 GB 0 % 128 GB 50 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 18 × 32 kB Instruction
18 × 32 kB Data
8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 18 × 1 MB
8 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 24.75 MB
1 × 20 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-10980XE Core i7-6900K
Overall Score 67891 0 % 55286 18.6 %
Future Proof 73 % 0 % 53 % 27.4 %
Benchmark Score 21244 0 % 9343 56 %
Single Thread Score 2631.5 0 % 2331 11.4 %
Encrypting Data 12722.4 MB/s 0 % 4056 MB/s 68.1 %
Compressing Data 548 MB/s 0 % 216.1 MB/s 60.6 %
String objects sorting 70372.3 thousand/s 0 % 28474.3 thousand/s 59.5 %
Prime numbers generation 117.2 millions/s 0 % 64.3 millions/s 45.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 127936 millions/s 0 % 51833.3 millions/s 59.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 80456.3 millions/s 0 % 33123.4 millions/s 58.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-10980XE, Core i7-6900K.

Average frames per second Core i9-10980XE Core i7-6900K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 156.3 FPS 118.9 FPS
High settings 250.1 FPS 190.3 FPS
Medium settings 312.7 FPS 237.8 FPS
Low settings 390.8 FPS 297.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 23.9 %

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 i7-6900K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 170.1 FPS 147.9 FPS
High settings 272.1 FPS 236.7 FPS
Medium settings 340.2 FPS 295.9 FPS
Low settings 425.2 FPS 369.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 13 %
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