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General information Core i7-980X Core i5-7500
Launched Q1 2010 Q4 2016
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Gulftown Kaby Lake-S
Clock 3.3 GHz 2.9 % 3.4 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.6 GHz 5.3 % 3.8 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 65 W 50 %
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 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-980X Core i5-7500
Overall Score 45853 0 % 44428 3.1 %
Future Proof 17 % 69.6 % 56 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 4420 0 % 3896 11.9 %
Single Thread Score 1528.5 32 % 2248.2 0 %
Encrypting Data 2543.1 MB/s 0 % 1793.8 MB/s 29.5 %
Compressing Data 114.4 MB/s 0 % 82.2 MB/s 28.2 %
String objects sorting 15591 thousand/s 0 % 10263.5 thousand/s 34.2 %
Prime numbers generation 33.1 millions/s 0 % 28.1 millions/s 15.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 28603.8 millions/s 0 % 15997.7 millions/s 44.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 11942.1 millions/s 10 % 13262 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-980X, Core i5-7500.

Average frames per second Core i7-980X Core i5-7500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 90.9 FPS 86.6 FPS
High settings 145.4 FPS 138.6 FPS
Medium settings 181.8 FPS 173.2 FPS
Low settings 227.2 FPS 216.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.7 %

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 i5-7500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 131.2 FPS 128.7 FPS
High settings 209.9 FPS 205.9 FPS
Medium settings 262.4 FPS 257.4 FPS
Low settings 328.0 FPS 321.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.9 %
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