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General information Core i7-980X Core i5-3550S
Launched Q1 2010 Q2 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Gulftown Ivy Bridge
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 9.1 %
Turbo Clock 3.6 GHz 2.7 % 3.7 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 % 22 nm 31.3 %
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 No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-980X Core i5-3550S
Overall Score 45842 0 % 41157 10.2 %
Future Proof 17 % 43.3 % 30 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 4416 0 % 2869 35 %
Single Thread Score 1519.3 22.5 % 1960.1 0 %
Encrypting Data 2559 MB/s 0 % 1084.5 MB/s 57.6 %
Compressing Data 112.8 MB/s 0 % 67.7 MB/s 39.9 %
String objects sorting 15498.9 thousand/s 0 % 8977.5 thousand/s 42.1 %
Prime numbers generation 32.8 millions/s 0 % 28.9 millions/s 11.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 28419.4 millions/s 0 % 14523 millions/s 48.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 11850.4 millions/s 0 % 10584.5 millions/s 10.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-980X, Core i5-3550S.

Average frames per second Core i7-980X Core i5-3550S
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 90.8 FPS 76.9 FPS
High settings 145.4 FPS 123.1 FPS
Medium settings 181.7 FPS 153.8 FPS
Low settings 227.1 FPS 192.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 15.3 %

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 Core i5-3550S
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 131.2 FPS 122.9 FPS
High settings 209.9 FPS 196.7 FPS
Medium settings 262.4 FPS 245.8 FPS
Low settings 328.0 FPS 307.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 6.3 %
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