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General information Core i7-980X Xeon W3540
Launched Q1 2010 Q2 2009
Used in Desktop Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 LGA1366
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 2.9 GHz 12.1 %
Turbo Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 11.1 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 8 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 130 W 0 %
Performance Core i7-980X Xeon W3540
Overall Score 45838 0 % 37535 18.1 %
Future Proof 17 % 0 % 13 % 23.5 %
Benchmark Score 4415 0 % 1985 55 %
Single Thread Score 1540.7 0 % 1322.6 14.2 %
Encrypting Data 2554.4 MB/s 43.7 % 4536.9 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 114.2 MB/s 0 % 67.1 MB/s 41.3 %
String objects sorting 15485.5 thousand/s 0 % 9023.5 thousand/s 41.7 %
Prime numbers generation 33 millions/s 0 % 20.9 millions/s 36.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 28625.2 millions/s 0 % 16739 millions/s 41.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 11856.3 millions/s 0 % 7131.6 millions/s 39.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-980X, Xeon W3540.

Average frames per second Core i7-980X Xeon W3540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 90.8 FPS 66.2 FPS
High settings 145.3 FPS 105.9 FPS
Medium settings 181.7 FPS 132.4 FPS
Low settings 227.1 FPS 165.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 27.1 %

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 Xeon W3540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 131.3 FPS 116.8 FPS
High settings 210.1 FPS 186.8 FPS
Medium settings 262.7 FPS 233.5 FPS
Low settings 328.3 FPS 291.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.1 %
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