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General information Core i7-980X Core i3-7300
Launched Q1 2010 Q1 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 FCLGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Gulftown Kaby Lake-S
Clock 3.3 GHz 17.5 % 4 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 2 66.7 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 51 W 60.8 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 14 nm 56.3 %
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 i3-7300
Overall Score 45842 0 % 41368 9.8 %
Future Proof 17 % 70.2 % 57 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 4416 0 % 2929 33.7 %
Single Thread Score 1519.3 37 % 2412.8 0 %
Encrypting Data 2559 MB/s 0 % 1487.5 MB/s 41.9 %
Compressing Data 112.8 MB/s 0 % 60.4 MB/s 46.4 %
String objects sorting 15498.9 thousand/s 0 % 7733.8 thousand/s 50.1 %
Prime numbers generation 32.8 millions/s 0 % 15 millions/s 54.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 28419.4 millions/s 0 % 13728 millions/s 51.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 11850.4 millions/s 0 % 8568.6 millions/s 27.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-980X, Core i3-7300.

Average frames per second Core i7-980X Core i3-7300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 90.8 FPS 77.6 FPS
High settings 145.4 FPS 124.1 FPS
Medium settings 181.7 FPS 155.1 FPS
Low settings 227.1 FPS 193.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 14.6 %

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 i3-7300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 131.2 FPS 123.3 FPS
High settings 209.9 FPS 197.2 FPS
Medium settings 262.4 FPS 246.5 FPS
Low settings 328.0 FPS 308.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 6 %
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