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General information Core i7-980 Core i7-2600S
Launched Q3 2011 Q1 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Gulftown Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 15.2 %
Turbo Clock 3.6 GHz 5.3 % 3.8 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 8 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 65 W 50 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 32 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 i7-980 Core i7-2600S
Overall Score 46113 0 % 41685 9.6 %
Future Proof 26 % 0 % 23 % 11.5 %
Benchmark Score 4522 0 % 3019 33.2 %
Single Thread Score 1537.5 10.8 % 1724.3 0 %
Encrypting Data 2666.5 MB/s 0 % 1373.4 MB/s 48.5 %
Compressing Data 116.3 MB/s 0 % 75.7 MB/s 34.9 %
String objects sorting 15656.9 thousand/s 0 % 11158.9 thousand/s 28.7 %
Prime numbers generation 32.1 millions/s 0 % 22.8 millions/s 28.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 29030.9 millions/s 0 % 17430.4 millions/s 40 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12306.7 millions/s 0 % 6498.4 millions/s 47.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-980, Core i7-2600S.

Average frames per second Core i7-980 Core i7-2600S
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 91.3 FPS 78.1 FPS
High settings 146.1 FPS 125.0 FPS
Medium settings 182.6 FPS 156.3 FPS
Low settings 228.2 FPS 195.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 14.4 %

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 i7-980 Core i7-2600S
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 131.5 FPS 123.7 FPS
High settings 210.4 FPS 198.0 FPS
Medium settings 263.1 FPS 247.5 FPS
Low settings 328.8 FPS 309.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.9 %
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