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General information Core i7-990X Core i3-8100
Launched Q1 2011 Q4 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Gulftown Coffee Lake
Clock 3.5 GHz 2.8 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 65 W 50 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 14 nm 56.3 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 12 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-990X Core i3-8100
Overall Score 46297 0 % 44604 3.7 %
Future Proof 23 % 62.9 % 62 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 4594 0 % 3958 13.8 %
Single Thread Score 1568 29.8 % 2232.1 0 %
Encrypting Data 2647.3 MB/s 0 % 1813.9 MB/s 31.5 %
Compressing Data 119.2 MB/s 0 % 81.3 MB/s 31.8 %
String objects sorting 16069.4 thousand/s 0 % 10368.3 thousand/s 35.5 %
Prime numbers generation 33 millions/s 0 % 27.8 millions/s 15.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 29413.9 millions/s 0 % 16213.5 millions/s 44.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12605.2 millions/s 9.3 % 13891.1 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-990X, Core i3-8100.

Average frames per second Core i7-990X Core i3-8100
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 92.2 FPS 87.2 FPS
High settings 147.5 FPS 139.5 FPS
Medium settings 184.4 FPS 174.4 FPS
Low settings 230.5 FPS 218.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.4 %

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 i7-990X Core i3-8100
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 132.2 FPS 129.2 FPS
High settings 211.5 FPS 206.7 FPS
Medium settings 264.3 FPS 258.4 FPS
Low settings 330.4 FPS 322.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.3 %
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