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General information Core i7-980 Core i3-8300
Launched Q3 2011 Q2 2018
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Gulftown Coffee Lake
Clock 3.3 GHz 10.8 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 62 W 52.3 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 14 nm 56.3 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 12 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-980 Core i3-8300
Overall Score 46113 0 % 45052 2.3 %
Future Proof 26 % 60 % 65 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 4522 0 % 4120 8.9 %
Single Thread Score 1537.5 32.1 % 2263.3 0 %
Encrypting Data 2666.5 MB/s 0 % 1883.4 MB/s 29.4 %
Compressing Data 116.3 MB/s 0 % 81.9 MB/s 29.6 %
String objects sorting 15656.9 thousand/s 0 % 10123.3 thousand/s 35.3 %
Prime numbers generation 32.1 millions/s 11.1 % 36.1 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 29030.9 millions/s 0 % 16609.1 millions/s 42.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12306.7 millions/s 13.5 % 14224.8 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-980, Core i3-8300.

Average frames per second Core i7-980 Core i3-8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 91.3 FPS 88.1 FPS
High settings 146.1 FPS 141.0 FPS
Medium settings 182.6 FPS 176.2 FPS
Low settings 228.2 FPS 220.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.5 %

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 i7-980 Core i3-8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 131.5 FPS 129.7 FPS
High settings 210.4 FPS 207.5 FPS
Medium settings 263.1 FPS 259.3 FPS
Low settings 328.8 FPS 324.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.4 %
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