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General information Core i7-980X Core i3-3210
Launched Q1 2010 Q1 2013
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Gulftown Ivy Bridge
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 3 %
Cores 6 0 % 2 66.7 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 55 W 57.7 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 22 nm 31.3 %
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 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-980X Core i3-3210
Overall Score 45842 0 % 34616 24.5 %
Future Proof 17 % 50 % 34 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 4416 0 % 1436 67.5 %
Single Thread Score 1522.4 10.4 % 1699.2 0 %
Encrypting Data 2533.4 MB/s 22.5 % 3268.6 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 114.7 MB/s 0 % 43.9 MB/s 61.7 %
String objects sorting 15344.3 thousand/s 0 % 6110.1 thousand/s 60.2 %
Prime numbers generation 33 millions/s 0 % 12.9 millions/s 60.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 28277.4 millions/s 0 % 9498.7 millions/s 66.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12005.8 millions/s 0 % 5031 millions/s 58.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-980X, Core i3-3210.

Average frames per second Core i7-980X Core i3-3210
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 90.8 FPS 57.6 FPS
High settings 145.4 FPS 92.1 FPS
Medium settings 181.7 FPS 115.1 FPS
Low settings 227.1 FPS 143.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 36.6 %

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 i3-3210
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 131.2 FPS 111.3 FPS
High settings 209.9 FPS 178.1 FPS
Medium settings 262.4 FPS 222.6 FPS
Low settings 328.0 FPS 278.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 15.1 %
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