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General information Core i9-9980XE Core i9-9960X
Launched Q4 2018 Q1 2019
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 FCLGA2066
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i9
Core Family Name Skylake-X Skylake-X
Clock 3 GHz 3.2 % 3.1 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.5 GHz 0 % 4.4 GHz 2.2 %
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 128 GB 0 % 128 GB 0 %
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 i9-9980XE Core i9-9960X
Overall Score 67476 0 % 66708 1.1 %
Future Proof 68 % 1.4 % 69 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 20730 0 % 19802 4.5 %
Single Thread Score 2539.9 2.7 % 2609.2 0 %
Encrypting Data 12162.4 MB/s 0 % 11343.5 MB/s 6.7 %
Compressing Data 546.6 MB/s 0 % 502.1 MB/s 8.2 %
String objects sorting 69550.7 thousand/s 0 % 65432.7 thousand/s 5.9 %
Prime numbers generation 118.1 millions/s 0 % 113.3 millions/s 4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 126527 millions/s 0 % 117338 millions/s 7.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 79079.6 millions/s 0 % 72823.4 millions/s 7.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-9980XE, Core i9-9960X.

Average frames per second Core i9-9980XE Core i9-9960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 155.1 FPS 152.8 FPS
High settings 248.1 FPS 244.4 FPS
Medium settings 310.2 FPS 305.6 FPS
Low settings 387.7 FPS 381.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.5 %

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 i9-9980XE Core i9-9960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 169.3 FPS 167.9 FPS
High settings 270.9 FPS 268.7 FPS
Medium settings 338.6 FPS 335.9 FPS
Low settings 423.2 FPS 419.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.8 %
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