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Intel logo Core i9-7980XE
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General information Core i9-7980XE Core i5-9500
Launched Q3 2017 Q2 2019
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 Refresh
Clock 2.6 GHz 13.3 % 3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.2 GHz 4.5 % 4.4 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 i5-9500
Overall Score 66463 0 % 50195 24.5 %
Future Proof 60 % 15.5 % 71 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 19513 0 % 6348 67.5 %
Single Thread Score 2477.5 3.4 % 2563.5 0 %
Encrypting Data 11844.7 MB/s 0 % 3116.7 MB/s 73.7 %
Compressing Data 518.6 MB/s 0 % 133.2 MB/s 74.3 %
String objects sorting 64403.4 thousand/s 0 % 17287.2 thousand/s 73.2 %
Prime numbers generation 111.9 millions/s 0 % 35.2 millions/s 68.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 117241 millions/s 0 % 27619.1 millions/s 76.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 72550.3 millions/s 0 % 24002.5 millions/s 66.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7980XE, Core i5-9500.

Average frames per second Core i9-7980XE Core i5-9500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.1 FPS 103.8 FPS
High settings 243.4 FPS 166.0 FPS
Medium settings 304.2 FPS 207.5 FPS
Low settings 380.3 FPS 259.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 31.8 %

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 i5-9500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 167.6 FPS 139.0 FPS
High settings 268.1 FPS 222.4 FPS
Medium settings 335.1 FPS 278.0 FPS
Low settings 418.9 FPS 347.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 17 %
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