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Intel logo Core i9-7980XE
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General information Core i9-7980XE Core i5-7640X
Launched Q3 2017 Q3 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 FCLGA2066
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Skylake-X Kaby Lake-X
Clock 2.6 GHz 35 % 4 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 % 112 W 32.1 %
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 i5-7640X
Overall Score 66471 0 % 45868 31 %
Future Proof 60 % 0 % 60 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 19522 0 % 4426 77.3 %
Single Thread Score 2456.2 2.7 % 2524.4 0 %
Encrypting Data 11735.3 MB/s 0 % 1943.7 MB/s 83.4 %
Compressing Data 518.8 MB/s 0 % 89.1 MB/s 82.8 %
String objects sorting 64314.6 thousand/s 0 % 11548.1 thousand/s 82 %
Prime numbers generation 110 millions/s 0 % 32.3 millions/s 70.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 115997 millions/s 0 % 18386 millions/s 84.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 71784.7 millions/s 0 % 15097.6 millions/s 79 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7980XE, Core i5-7640X.

Average frames per second Core i9-7980XE Core i5-7640X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.1 FPS 90.9 FPS
High settings 243.3 FPS 145.5 FPS
Medium settings 304.1 FPS 181.9 FPS
Low settings 380.2 FPS 227.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 40.2 %

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 i9-7980XE Core i5-7640X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 167.6 FPS 131.2 FPS
High settings 268.1 FPS 210.0 FPS
Medium settings 335.2 FPS 262.5 FPS
Low settings 418.9 FPS 328.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 21.7 %
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