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General information Core i7-990X Core i3-8300
Launched Q1 2011 Q2 2018
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 5.4 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 62 W 52.3 %
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 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-990X Core i3-8300
Overall Score 46297 0 % 44942 2.9 %
Future Proof 23 % 64.6 % 65 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 4594 0 % 4080 11.2 %
Single Thread Score 1568 31.2 % 2279.1 0 %
Encrypting Data 2647.3 MB/s 0 % 1890.9 MB/s 28.6 %
Compressing Data 119.2 MB/s 0 % 81.8 MB/s 31.3 %
String objects sorting 16069.4 thousand/s 0 % 10174.2 thousand/s 36.7 %
Prime numbers generation 33 millions/s 8.8 % 36.1 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 29413.9 millions/s 0 % 16526.8 millions/s 43.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12605.2 millions/s 10.8 % 14125.7 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 i3-8300.

Average frames per second Core i7-990X Core i3-8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 92.2 FPS 88.1 FPS
High settings 147.5 FPS 141.0 FPS
Medium settings 184.4 FPS 176.3 FPS
Low settings 230.5 FPS 220.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.4 %

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 i3-8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 132.2 FPS 129.8 FPS
High settings 211.5 FPS 207.6 FPS
Medium settings 264.3 FPS 259.5 FPS
Low settings 330.4 FPS 324.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.8 %
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