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Intel logo Core i9-7980XE
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General information Core i9-7980XE Core i7-7820X
Launched Q3 2017 Q2 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 FCLGA2066
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Skylake-X Skylake-X
Clock 2.6 GHz 27.8 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.2 GHz 2.3 % 4.3 GHz 0 %
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 128 GB 0 % 128 GB 0 %
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 × 1 MB
L3 Cache 1 × 24 MB
1 × 11 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-7980XE Core i7-7820X
Overall Score 66471 0 % 57746 13.1 %
Future Proof 60 % 0 % 59 % 1.7 %
Benchmark Score 19522 0 % 11120 43 %
Single Thread Score 2456.2 2.2 % 2511.9 0 %
Encrypting Data 11735.3 MB/s 0 % 5995 MB/s 48.9 %
Compressing Data 518.8 MB/s 0 % 249.6 MB/s 51.9 %
String objects sorting 64314.6 thousand/s 0 % 32166.2 thousand/s 50 %
Prime numbers generation 110 millions/s 0 % 61.2 millions/s 44.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 115997 millions/s 0 % 57374.4 millions/s 50.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 71784.7 millions/s 0 % 35479.4 millions/s 50.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7980XE, Core i7-7820X.

Average frames per second Core i9-7980XE Core i7-7820X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.1 FPS 126.2 FPS
High settings 243.3 FPS 201.8 FPS
Medium settings 304.1 FPS 252.3 FPS
Low settings 380.2 FPS 315.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 17 %

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 i7-7820X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 167.6 FPS 152.2 FPS
High settings 268.1 FPS 243.5 FPS
Medium settings 335.2 FPS 304.4 FPS
Low settings 418.9 FPS 380.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.2 %
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