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General information Core i7-980X A8-5600K
Launched Q1 2010 Q4 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA1366 FM2
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme AMD A8
Core Family Name Gulftown Trinity
Clock 3.3 GHz 8.3 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.6 GHz 7.7 % 3.9 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 100 W 23.1 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 16 kB Data
2 × 64 kB Instruction
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
1 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-980X A8-5600K
Overall Score 45843 0 % 36853 19.6 %
Future Proof 17 % 48.5 % 33 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 4416 0 % 1845 58.2 %
Single Thread Score 1524.9 0 % 1428.6 6.3 %
Encrypting Data 2532 MB/s 39.7 % 4198.8 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 114.3 MB/s 0 % 46.7 MB/s 59.1 %
String objects sorting 15555.4 thousand/s 0 % 6052.8 thousand/s 61.1 %
Prime numbers generation 33 millions/s 0 % 11 millions/s 66.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 28401 millions/s 0 % 18891.1 millions/s 33.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 11963 millions/s 0 % 4942.2 millions/s 58.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-980X, A8-5600K.

Average frames per second Core i7-980X A8-5600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 90.8 FPS 64.1 FPS
High settings 145.4 FPS 102.6 FPS
Medium settings 181.7 FPS 128.3 FPS
Low settings 227.1 FPS 160.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 29.4 %

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 A8-5600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 131.3 FPS 115.3 FPS
High settings 210.0 FPS 184.5 FPS
Medium settings 262.5 FPS 230.6 FPS
Low settings 328.2 FPS 288.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 12.1 %
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