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Intel logo Core i7-9800X
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General information Core i7-9800X Core i5-8600
Launched Q4 2018 Q2 2018
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Skylake-X Coffee Lake
Clock 3.8 GHz 0 % 3.1 GHz 18.4 %
Turbo Clock 4.5 GHz 0 % 4.3 GHz 4.4 %
Cores 8 0 % 6 25 %
Threads 16 0 % 6 62.5 %
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 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 1 MB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 16.5 MB
1 × 9 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-9800X Core i5-8600
Overall Score 58468 0 % 50362 13.9 %
Future Proof 68 % 0 % 65 % 4.4 %
Benchmark Score 11686 0 % 6433 45 %
Single Thread Score 2548.5 1.3 % 2582.6 0 %
Encrypting Data 6315 MB/s 0 % 3132.6 MB/s 50.4 %
Compressing Data 255.4 MB/s 0 % 138.5 MB/s 45.8 %
String objects sorting 33406.1 thousand/s 0 % 17140.8 thousand/s 48.7 %
Prime numbers generation 70.7 millions/s 0 % 39.2 millions/s 44.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 58372.4 millions/s 0 % 27753.5 millions/s 52.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 36497.2 millions/s 0 % 23539 millions/s 35.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-9800X, Core i5-8600.

Average frames per second Core i7-9800X Core i5-8600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 128.4 FPS 104.3 FPS
High settings 205.4 FPS 166.8 FPS
Medium settings 256.8 FPS 208.5 FPS
Low settings 321.0 FPS 260.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 18.8 %

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 i7-9800X Core i5-8600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 153.5 FPS 139.3 FPS
High settings 245.7 FPS 222.8 FPS
Medium settings 307.1 FPS 278.5 FPS
Low settings 383.8 FPS 348.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.3 %
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