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General information Core i7-980X Core i3-540
Launched Q1 2010 Q1 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 LGA1156
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Gulftown Clarkdale
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 3.1 GHz 6.1 %
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 i7-980X Core i3-540
Overall Score 45842 0 % 31563 31.1 %
Future Proof 17 % 0 % 17 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 4416 0 % 992 77.5 %
Single Thread Score 1523.9 0 % 1263.4 17.1 %
Encrypting Data 2543.7 MB/s 0 % 2265.8 MB/s 10.9 %
Compressing Data 113.1 MB/s 0 % 32.8 MB/s 71 %
String objects sorting 15328.8 thousand/s 0 % 4562.4 thousand/s 70.2 %
Prime numbers generation 32.9 millions/s 0 % 9.9 millions/s 69.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 28419.4 millions/s 0 % 7998.4 millions/s 71.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12065.6 millions/s 0 % 3496.5 millions/s 71 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-980X, Core i3-540.

Average frames per second Core i7-980X Core i3-540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 90.8 FPS 48.6 FPS
High settings 145.4 FPS 77.7 FPS
Medium settings 181.7 FPS 97.1 FPS
Low settings 227.1 FPS 121.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 46.6 %

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 i7-980X Core i3-540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 131.3 FPS 106.1 FPS
High settings 210.0 FPS 169.8 FPS
Medium settings 262.5 FPS 212.3 FPS
Low settings 328.2 FPS 265.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 19.1 %
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