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General information Core i7-980X FX-9590
Launched Q1 2010 Q3 2013
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA1366 AM3+
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme AMD FX
Core Family Name Gulftown Vishera
Clock 3.3 GHz 29.8 % 4.7 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.6 GHz 28 % 5 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 25 % 8 0 %
Threads 12 0 % 8 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 40.9 % 220 W 0 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 64 kB Instruction
8 × 16 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
4 × 2 MB
L3 Cache 1 × 12 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-980X FX-9590
Overall Score 45838 0 % 45748 0.2 %
Future Proof 17 % 54.1 % 37 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 4415 0 % 4380 0.8 %
Single Thread Score 1520.8 16.3 % 1816.6 0 %
Encrypting Data 2574.9 MB/s 0 % 2102.5 MB/s 18.3 %
Compressing Data 113.2 MB/s 5.2 % 119.5 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 15485.5 thousand/s 0 % 15148.6 thousand/s 2.2 %
Prime numbers generation 33.2 millions/s 0 % 33.1 millions/s 0.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 28511.6 millions/s 40.2 % 47687.3 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 11976 millions/s 0 % 11629.7 millions/s 2.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-980X, FX-9590.

Average frames per second Core i7-980X FX-9590
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 90.8 FPS 90.6 FPS
High settings 145.3 FPS 144.9 FPS
Medium settings 181.7 FPS 181.1 FPS
Low settings 227.1 FPS 226.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.3 %

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 FX-9590
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 131.3 FPS 131.2 FPS
High settings 210.1 FPS 209.9 FPS
Medium settings 262.7 FPS 262.3 FPS
Low settings 328.3 FPS 327.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.1 %
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