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General information Core i7-980X Core i7-965
Launched Q1 2010 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 LGA1366
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Gulftown Bloomfield
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 3 %
Turbo Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.5 GHz 2.8 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 8 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 130 W 0 %
Lithography 32 nm 28.9 % 45 nm 0 %
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 Yes
Performance Core i7-980X Core i7-965
Overall Score 45838 0 % 38574 15.8 %
Future Proof 17 % 0 % 10 % 41.2 %
Benchmark Score 4415 0 % 2214 49.9 %
Single Thread Score 1540.7 0 % 1475 4.3 %
Encrypting Data 2554.4 MB/s 49.7 % 5075.3 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 114.2 MB/s 0 % 73.9 MB/s 35.3 %
String objects sorting 15485.5 thousand/s 0 % 10110.6 thousand/s 34.7 %
Prime numbers generation 33 millions/s 0 % 25.2 millions/s 23.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 28625.2 millions/s 0 % 18287.3 millions/s 36.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 11856.3 millions/s 0 % 7850.3 millions/s 33.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-980X, Core i7-965.

Average frames per second Core i7-980X Core i7-965
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 90.8 FPS 69.3 FPS
High settings 145.3 FPS 110.9 FPS
Medium settings 181.7 FPS 138.6 FPS
Low settings 227.1 FPS 173.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 23.7 %

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 i7-965
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 131.3 FPS 118.5 FPS
High settings 210.1 FPS 189.7 FPS
Medium settings 262.7 FPS 237.1 FPS
Low settings 328.3 FPS 296.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.7 %
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