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General information Core i7-980 Core i3-8300
Launched Q3 2011 Q2 2018
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Gulftown Coffee Lake
Clock 3.3 GHz 10.8 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 62 W 52.3 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 14 nm 56.3 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 12 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-980 Core i3-8300
Overall Score 46001 0 % 44942 2.3 %
Future Proof 26 % 60 % 65 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 4478 0 % 4080 8.9 %
Single Thread Score 1534.4 32.7 % 2279.1 0 %
Encrypting Data 2682.6 MB/s 0 % 1890.9 MB/s 29.5 %
Compressing Data 116.8 MB/s 0 % 81.8 MB/s 29.9 %
String objects sorting 15957.3 thousand/s 0 % 10174.2 thousand/s 36.2 %
Prime numbers generation 31.8 millions/s 12 % 36.1 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 29265 millions/s 0 % 16526.8 millions/s 43.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12257.4 millions/s 13.2 % 14125.7 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-980, Core i3-8300.

Average frames per second Core i7-980 Core i3-8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 91.3 FPS 88.1 FPS
High settings 146.1 FPS 141.0 FPS
Medium settings 182.6 FPS 176.3 FPS
Low settings 228.3 FPS 220.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.5 %

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 i7-980 Core i3-8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 131.7 FPS 129.8 FPS
High settings 210.6 FPS 207.6 FPS
Medium settings 263.3 FPS 259.5 FPS
Low settings 329.1 FPS 324.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.4 %
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