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Intel logo Core i9-7980XE
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General information Core i9-7980XE Core i7-920
Launched Q3 2017 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 LGA1366
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Skylake-X Bloomfield
Clock 2.6 GHz 3.7 % 2.7 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.2 GHz 0 % 2.9 GHz 31 %
Cores 18 0 % 4 77.8 %
Threads 36 0 % 8 77.8 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 130 W 21.2 %
Lithography 14 nm 68.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 18 × 32 kB Instruction
18 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 18 × 1 MB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 24 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-7980XE Core i7-920
Overall Score 66461 0 % 36788 44.6 %
Future Proof 60 % 0 % 10 % 83.3 %
Benchmark Score 19511 0 % 1832 90.6 %
Single Thread Score 2499.8 0 % 1223.3 51.1 %
Encrypting Data 11844.7 MB/s 0 % 4186.7 MB/s 64.7 %
Compressing Data 512.9 MB/s 0 % 61 MB/s 88.1 %
String objects sorting 64662.3 thousand/s 0 % 8372.4 thousand/s 87.1 %
Prime numbers generation 110 millions/s 0 % 22 millions/s 80 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 116076 millions/s 0 % 15020 millions/s 87.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 71469.6 millions/s 0 % 6405.2 millions/s 91 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7980XE, Core i7-920.

Average frames per second Core i9-7980XE Core i7-920
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.1 FPS 63.9 FPS
High settings 243.4 FPS 102.3 FPS
Medium settings 304.2 FPS 127.9 FPS
Low settings 380.3 FPS 159.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 58 %

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 i9-7980XE Core i7-920
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 167.7 FPS 115.4 FPS
High settings 268.3 FPS 184.7 FPS
Medium settings 335.4 FPS 230.8 FPS
Low settings 419.2 FPS 288.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 31.2 %
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