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General information Core i7-980 Core i3-530
Launched Q3 2011 Q1 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 LGA1156
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Gulftown Clarkdale
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 2.9 GHz 12.1 %
Cores 6 0 % 2 66.7 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 73 W 43.8 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 12 MB
1 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-980 Core i3-530
Overall Score 46002 0 % 31345 31.9 %
Future Proof 26 % 0 % 17 % 34.6 %
Benchmark Score 4478 0 % 965 78.5 %
Single Thread Score 1549.8 0 % 1156.8 25.4 %
Encrypting Data 2674.6 MB/s 0 % 2184.3 MB/s 18.3 %
Compressing Data 114.9 MB/s 0 % 30.9 MB/s 73.1 %
String objects sorting 15672.7 thousand/s 0 % 4382.1 thousand/s 72 %
Prime numbers generation 32.3 millions/s 0 % 9.9 millions/s 69.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 29030.9 millions/s 0 % 7765 millions/s 73.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12331.3 millions/s 0 % 3339.8 millions/s 72.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-980, Core i3-530.

Average frames per second Core i7-980 Core i3-530
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 91.3 FPS 47.9 FPS
High settings 146.1 FPS 76.6 FPS
Medium settings 182.7 FPS 95.8 FPS
Low settings 228.3 FPS 119.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 47.6 %

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 i3-530
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 131.6 FPS 105.9 FPS
High settings 210.5 FPS 169.4 FPS
Medium settings 263.2 FPS 211.8 FPS
Low settings 328.9 FPS 264.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 19.5 %
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