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Intel logo Core i9-7980XE
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General information Core i9-7980XE Core i5-7600K
Launched Q3 2017 Q1 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 FCLGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Skylake-X Kaby Lake-S
Clock 2.6 GHz 31.6 % 3.8 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.2 GHz 0 % 4.2 GHz 0 %
Cores 18 0 % 4 77.8 %
Threads 36 0 % 4 88.9 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 91 W 44.8 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 64 GB 50 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 18 × 32 kB Instruction
18 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 18 × 1 MB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 24 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i9-7980XE Core i5-7600K
Overall Score 66461 0 % 45785 31.1 %
Future Proof 60 % 0 % 57 % 5 %
Benchmark Score 19511 0 % 4394 77.5 %
Single Thread Score 2502.3 1.1 % 2530.7 0 %
Encrypting Data 11844.7 MB/s 0 % 2018 MB/s 83 %
Compressing Data 516.5 MB/s 0 % 92.3 MB/s 82.1 %
String objects sorting 64144.5 thousand/s 0 % 11476 thousand/s 82.1 %
Prime numbers generation 111.6 millions/s 0 % 31.8 millions/s 71.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 116542 millions/s 0 % 18032.1 millions/s 84.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 71685.8 millions/s 0 % 14921.8 millions/s 79.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7980XE, Core i5-7600K.

Average frames per second Core i9-7980XE Core i5-7600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.1 FPS 90.7 FPS
High settings 243.4 FPS 145.1 FPS
Medium settings 304.2 FPS 181.4 FPS
Low settings 380.3 FPS 226.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 40.4 %

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 i9-7980XE Core i5-7600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 167.6 FPS 131.2 FPS
High settings 268.1 FPS 210.0 FPS
Medium settings 335.1 FPS 262.5 FPS
Low settings 418.9 FPS 328.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 21.7 %
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