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Intel logo Core i9-7980XE
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General information Core i9-7980XE Core i5-8500
Launched Q3 2017 Q1 2018
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Skylake-X Coffee Lake
Clock 2.6 GHz 13.3 % 3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.2 GHz 0 % 4.1 GHz 2.4 %
Cores 18 0 % 6 66.7 %
Threads 36 0 % 6 83.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 65 W 60.6 %
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
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 18 × 1 MB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 24 MB
1 × 9 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i9-7980XE Core i5-8500
Overall Score 66452 0 % 49873 24.9 %
Future Proof 60 % 4.8 % 63 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 19500 0 % 6187 68.3 %
Single Thread Score 2480 0 % 2466.4 0.5 %
Encrypting Data 11610.6 MB/s 0 % 3002.9 MB/s 74.1 %
Compressing Data 519.8 MB/s 0 % 133.6 MB/s 74.3 %
String objects sorting 64990.3 thousand/s 0 % 16505.4 thousand/s 74.6 %
Prime numbers generation 110.1 millions/s 0 % 36 millions/s 67.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 115465 millions/s 0 % 26808.2 millions/s 76.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 71607.8 millions/s 0 % 22474 millions/s 68.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7980XE, Core i5-8500.

Average frames per second Core i9-7980XE Core i5-8500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.1 FPS 102.8 FPS
High settings 243.3 FPS 164.5 FPS
Medium settings 304.2 FPS 205.6 FPS
Low settings 380.2 FPS 257.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 32.4 %

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 i5-8500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 167.6 FPS 138.4 FPS
High settings 268.2 FPS 221.4 FPS
Medium settings 335.3 FPS 276.7 FPS
Low settings 419.1 FPS 345.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.5 %
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