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General information Core i9-7980XE Core i9-9940X
Launched Q3 2017 Q4 2018
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 21.2 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.2 GHz 6.7 % 4.5 GHz 0 %
Cores 18 0 % 14 22.2 %
Threads 36 0 % 28 22.2 %
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
14 × 32 kB Instruction
14 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 18 × 1 MB
14 × 1 MB
L3 Cache 1 × 24 MB
1 × 19.25 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-7980XE Core i9-9940X
Overall Score 66461 0 % 65263 1.8 %
Future Proof 60 % 11.8 % 68 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 19511 0 % 18141 7 %
Single Thread Score 2485 5 % 2616.2 0 %
Encrypting Data 11786 MB/s 0 % 10562.2 MB/s 10.4 %
Compressing Data 520.2 MB/s 0 % 452.2 MB/s 13.1 %
String objects sorting 64856.5 thousand/s 0 % 58864 thousand/s 9.2 %
Prime numbers generation 111 millions/s 0 % 97.5 millions/s 12.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 117241 millions/s 0 % 105319 millions/s 10.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 72550.3 millions/s 0 % 65294.2 millions/s 10 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7980XE, Core i9-9940X.

Average frames per second Core i9-7980XE Core i9-9940X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.1 FPS 148.6 FPS
High settings 243.4 FPS 237.7 FPS
Medium settings 304.2 FPS 297.2 FPS
Low settings 380.3 FPS 371.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.3 %

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 i9-9940X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 167.6 FPS 165.5 FPS
High settings 268.2 FPS 264.9 FPS
Medium settings 335.3 FPS 331.1 FPS
Low settings 419.1 FPS 413.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.3 %
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