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General information Core i7-980 Core i7-920
Launched Q3 2011 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 LGA1366
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Gulftown Bloomfield
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 2.7 GHz 18.2 %
Turbo Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 2.9 GHz 19.4 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 8 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 130 W 0 %
Lithography 32 nm 28.9 % 45 nm 0 %
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 Yes
Performance Core i7-980 Core i7-920
Overall Score 46002 0 % 36789 20 %
Future Proof 26 % 0 % 10 % 61.5 %
Benchmark Score 4478 0 % 1832 59.1 %
Single Thread Score 1549.8 0 % 1218.4 21.4 %
Encrypting Data 2674.6 MB/s 35.9 % 4170 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 114.9 MB/s 0 % 60.8 MB/s 47.1 %
String objects sorting 15672.7 thousand/s 0 % 8280.6 thousand/s 47.2 %
Prime numbers generation 32.3 millions/s 0 % 21.9 millions/s 32 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 29030.9 millions/s 0 % 14900 millions/s 48.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12331.3 millions/s 0 % 6430.8 millions/s 47.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-980, Core i7-920.

Average frames per second Core i7-980 Core i7-920
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 91.3 FPS 64.0 FPS
High settings 146.1 FPS 102.4 FPS
Medium settings 182.7 FPS 128.1 FPS
Low settings 228.3 FPS 160.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 29.9 %

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 i7-920
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 131.6 FPS 115.4 FPS
High settings 210.5 FPS 184.7 FPS
Medium settings 263.2 FPS 230.8 FPS
Low settings 328.9 FPS 288.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 12.3 %
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