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General information Core i7-980X Core i3-8300
Launched Q1 2010 Q2 2018
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme 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 i7-980X Core i3-8300
Overall Score 45993 0 % 45052 2 %
Future Proof 17 % 73.8 % 65 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 4475 0 % 4120 7.9 %
Single Thread Score 1529.5 32.4 % 2263.3 0 %
Encrypting Data 2577.1 MB/s 0 % 1883.4 MB/s 26.9 %
Compressing Data 114.4 MB/s 0 % 81.9 MB/s 28.4 %
String objects sorting 15457 thousand/s 0 % 10123.3 thousand/s 34.5 %
Prime numbers generation 32.9 millions/s 9.1 % 36.1 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 28261.1 millions/s 0 % 16609.1 millions/s 41.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 11881.1 millions/s 16.5 % 14224.8 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

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

Average frames per second Core i7-980X Core i3-8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 90.9 FPS 88.1 FPS
High settings 145.5 FPS 141.0 FPS
Medium settings 181.9 FPS 176.2 FPS
Low settings 227.3 FPS 220.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.1 %

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 i7-980X Core i3-8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 131.3 FPS 129.7 FPS
High settings 210.1 FPS 207.5 FPS
Medium settings 262.7 FPS 259.3 FPS
Low settings 328.3 FPS 324.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.3 %
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