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Intel logo Core i9-7980XE
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General information Core i9-7980XE Core i5-8600
Launched Q3 2017 Q2 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 16.1 % 3.1 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.2 GHz 2.3 % 4.3 GHz 0 %
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 i5-8600
Overall Score 66463 0 % 50363 24.2 %
Future Proof 60 % 7.7 % 65 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 19513 0 % 6434 67 %
Single Thread Score 2477.5 3 % 2554.2 0 %
Encrypting Data 11844.7 MB/s 0 % 3169.3 MB/s 73.2 %
Compressing Data 518.6 MB/s 0 % 138.5 MB/s 73.3 %
String objects sorting 64403.4 thousand/s 0 % 17264 thousand/s 73.2 %
Prime numbers generation 111.9 millions/s 0 % 39.3 millions/s 64.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 117241 millions/s 0 % 27614.2 millions/s 76.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 72550.3 millions/s 0 % 23421.3 millions/s 67.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7980XE, Core i5-8600.

Average frames per second Core i9-7980XE Core i5-8600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.1 FPS 104.3 FPS
High settings 243.4 FPS 166.8 FPS
Medium settings 304.2 FPS 208.6 FPS
Low settings 380.3 FPS 260.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 31.4 %

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 i5-8600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 167.6 FPS 139.3 FPS
High settings 268.1 FPS 222.8 FPS
Medium settings 335.1 FPS 278.5 FPS
Low settings 418.9 FPS 348.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 16.9 %
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