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General information Core i7-980 Core i5-3550
Launched Q3 2011 Q1 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Gulftown Ivy Bridge
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.6 GHz 2.7 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 77 W 40.8 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 22 nm 31.3 %
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 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-980 Core i5-3550
Overall Score 46001 0 % 41991 8.7 %
Future Proof 26 % 7.1 % 28 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 4478 0 % 3109 30.6 %
Single Thread Score 1526.7 24.2 % 2013 0 %
Encrypting Data 2679.9 MB/s 0 % 1212.5 MB/s 54.8 %
Compressing Data 115.8 MB/s 0 % 73.1 MB/s 36.8 %
String objects sorting 15909.9 thousand/s 0 % 9291.5 thousand/s 41.6 %
Prime numbers generation 32.2 millions/s 0 % 28.8 millions/s 10.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 29235.7 millions/s 0 % 15418 millions/s 47.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12282 millions/s 0 % 11229.6 millions/s 8.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-980, Core i5-3550.

Average frames per second Core i7-980 Core i5-3550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 91.3 FPS 79.4 FPS
High settings 146.1 FPS 127.1 FPS
Medium settings 182.6 FPS 158.9 FPS
Low settings 228.3 FPS 198.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 13 %

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 i5-3550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 131.5 FPS 124.4 FPS
High settings 210.4 FPS 199.1 FPS
Medium settings 263.0 FPS 248.8 FPS
Low settings 328.8 FPS 311.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.4 %
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