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Intel logo Core i9-9980XE
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General information Core i9-9980XE Core i7-8700
Launched Q4 2018 Q4 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Skylake-X Coffee Lake
Clock 3 GHz 6.3 % 3.2 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.5 GHz 2.2 % 4.6 GHz 0 %
Cores 18 0 % 6 66.7 %
Threads 36 0 % 12 66.7 %
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 × 24.75 MB
1 × 12 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-9980XE Core i7-8700
Overall Score 67471 0 % 53704 20.4 %
Future Proof 68 % 0 % 62 % 8.8 %
Benchmark Score 20724 0 % 8318 59.9 %
Single Thread Score 2586.1 2.5 % 2652.9 0 %
Encrypting Data 12162.4 MB/s 0 % 4514.4 MB/s 62.9 %
Compressing Data 547.7 MB/s 0 % 185.8 MB/s 66.1 %
String objects sorting 69341.2 thousand/s 0 % 24394.4 thousand/s 64.8 %
Prime numbers generation 115.8 millions/s 0 % 34.8 millions/s 70 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 125643 millions/s 0 % 44961.7 millions/s 64.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 78765.2 millions/s 0 % 28051.6 millions/s 64.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-9980XE, Core i7-8700.

Average frames per second Core i9-9980XE Core i7-8700
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 155.1 FPS 114.2 FPS
High settings 248.2 FPS 182.8 FPS
Medium settings 310.3 FPS 228.5 FPS
Low settings 387.9 FPS 285.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 26.4 %

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 i9-9980XE Core i7-8700
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 169.7 FPS 145.3 FPS
High settings 271.5 FPS 232.5 FPS
Medium settings 339.3 FPS 290.6 FPS
Low settings 424.2 FPS 363.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 14.3 %
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