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Intel logo Core i9-7980XE
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General information Core i9-7980XE Core i7-3960X
Launched Q3 2017 Q4 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 LGA2011
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Skylake-X Sandy Bridge-E
Clock 2.6 GHz 21.2 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.2 GHz 0 % 3.9 GHz 7.1 %
Cores 18 0 % 6 66.7 %
Threads 36 0 % 12 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 130 W 21.2 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 18 × 32 kB Instruction
18 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 18 × 1 MB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 24 MB
1 × 15 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-7980XE Core i7-3960X
Overall Score 66461 0 % 48276 27.4 %
Future Proof 60 % 0 % 27 % 55 %
Benchmark Score 19511 0 % 5431 72.2 %
Single Thread Score 2475 0 % 1806 27 %
Encrypting Data 11821.2 MB/s 0 % 2547.6 MB/s 78.4 %
Compressing Data 513.4 MB/s 0 % 137.8 MB/s 73.2 %
String objects sorting 64468.1 thousand/s 0 % 21005 thousand/s 67.4 %
Prime numbers generation 110.1 millions/s 0 % 41.7 millions/s 62.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 115610 millions/s 0 % 33254.6 millions/s 71.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 71685.8 millions/s 0 % 12286.3 millions/s 82.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7980XE, Core i7-3960X.

Average frames per second Core i9-7980XE Core i7-3960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.1 FPS 98.1 FPS
High settings 243.4 FPS 156.9 FPS
Medium settings 304.2 FPS 196.2 FPS
Low settings 380.3 FPS 245.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 35.5 %

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 i7-3960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 167.9 FPS 135.7 FPS
High settings 268.6 FPS 217.2 FPS
Medium settings 335.7 FPS 271.5 FPS
Low settings 419.7 FPS 339.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 19.1 %
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