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General information Core i9-10980XE Core i9-9960X
Launched Q4 2019 Q1 2019
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 FCLGA2066
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i9
Core Family Name Cascade Lake-X Skylake-X
Clock 3 GHz 3.2 % 3.1 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.8 GHz 0 % 4.4 GHz 8.3 %
Cores 18 0 % 16 11.1 %
Threads 36 0 % 32 11.1 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 165 W 0 %
Maximum supported RAM 256 GB 0 % 128 GB 50 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 18 × 32 kB Instruction
18 × 32 kB Data
16 × 32 kB Instruction
16 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 18 × 1 MB
16 × 1 MB
L3 Cache 1 × 24.75 MB
1 × 22 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-10980XE Core i9-9960X
Overall Score 67889 0 % 66672 1.8 %
Future Proof 73 % 0 % 69 % 5.5 %
Benchmark Score 21242 0 % 19760 7 %
Single Thread Score 2642.1 0 % 2627.1 0.6 %
Encrypting Data 12799.4 MB/s 0 % 11355.2 MB/s 11.3 %
Compressing Data 549.6 MB/s 0 % 506.3 MB/s 7.9 %
String objects sorting 70091.1 thousand/s 0 % 65055 thousand/s 7.2 %
Prime numbers generation 118.6 millions/s 0 % 113.5 millions/s 4.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 128708 millions/s 0 % 118566 millions/s 7.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 79417.6 millions/s 0 % 73492.8 millions/s 7.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-10980XE, Core i9-9960X.

Average frames per second Core i9-10980XE Core i9-9960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 156.4 FPS 152.7 FPS
High settings 250.2 FPS 244.4 FPS
Medium settings 312.8 FPS 305.5 FPS
Low settings 391.0 FPS 381.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.3 %

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 i9-10980XE Core i9-9960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 170.2 FPS 168.0 FPS
High settings 272.4 FPS 268.9 FPS
Medium settings 340.5 FPS 336.1 FPS
Low settings 425.6 FPS 420.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.3 %
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