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General information Core i9-7980XE Core i9-7960X
Launched Q3 2017 Q4 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 FCLGA2066
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i9
Core Family Name Skylake-X Skylake-X
Clock 2.6 GHz 7.1 % 2.8 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.2 GHz 0 % 4.2 GHz 0 %
Cores 18 0 % 16 11.1 %
Threads 36 0 % 32 11.1 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 165 W 0 %
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
16 × 32 kB Instruction
16 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 18 × 1 MB
16 × 1 MB
L3 Cache 1 × 24 MB
1 × 22 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-7980XE Core i9-7960X
Overall Score 66461 0 % 65663 1.2 %
Future Proof 60 % 3.2 % 62 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 19511 0 % 18590 4.7 %
Single Thread Score 2485 0 % 2481.5 0.1 %
Encrypting Data 11786 MB/s 0 % 11078.1 MB/s 6 %
Compressing Data 520.2 MB/s 0 % 466.1 MB/s 10.4 %
String objects sorting 64856.5 thousand/s 0 % 58929.7 thousand/s 9.1 %
Prime numbers generation 111 millions/s 0 % 103.3 millions/s 7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 117241 millions/s 0 % 108339 millions/s 7.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 72550.3 millions/s 0 % 66497.7 millions/s 8.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7980XE, Core i9-7960X.

Average frames per second Core i9-7980XE Core i9-7960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.1 FPS 149.7 FPS
High settings 243.4 FPS 239.5 FPS
Medium settings 304.2 FPS 299.4 FPS
Low settings 380.3 FPS 374.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.6 %

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 i9-7960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 167.6 FPS 166.2 FPS
High settings 268.2 FPS 265.9 FPS
Medium settings 335.3 FPS 332.4 FPS
Low settings 419.1 FPS 415.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.8 %
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