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General information Core i9-7980XE Core i7-9800X
Launched Q3 2017 Q4 2018
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 FCLGA2066
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Skylake-X Skylake-X
Clock 2.6 GHz 31.6 % 3.8 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.2 GHz 6.7 % 4.5 GHz 0 %
Cores 18 0 % 8 55.6 %
Threads 36 0 % 16 55.6 %
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
8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 18 × 1 MB
8 × 1 MB
L3 Cache 1 × 24 MB
1 × 16.5 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-7980XE Core i7-9800X
Overall Score 66471 0 % 58480 12 %
Future Proof 60 % 11.8 % 68 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 19522 0 % 11696 40.1 %
Single Thread Score 2456.2 4.4 % 2568.4 0 %
Encrypting Data 11723.5 MB/s 0 % 6316 MB/s 46.1 %
Compressing Data 520.4 MB/s 0 % 252.7 MB/s 51.4 %
String objects sorting 64638.5 thousand/s 0 % 33309.7 thousand/s 48.5 %
Prime numbers generation 111.9 millions/s 0 % 70.9 millions/s 36.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 117396 millions/s 0 % 58074.7 millions/s 50.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 71856.8 millions/s 0 % 36648.6 millions/s 49 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7980XE, Core i7-9800X.

Average frames per second Core i9-7980XE Core i7-9800X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.1 FPS 128.4 FPS
High settings 243.3 FPS 205.4 FPS
Medium settings 304.1 FPS 256.7 FPS
Low settings 380.2 FPS 320.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 15.6 %

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 i7-9800X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 167.6 FPS 153.5 FPS
High settings 268.1 FPS 245.6 FPS
Medium settings 335.2 FPS 306.9 FPS
Low settings 418.9 FPS 383.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.4 %
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