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General information Core i7-980X FX-9590
Launched Q1 2010 Q3 2013
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA1366 AM3+
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme AMD FX
Core Family Name Gulftown Vishera
Clock 3.3 GHz 29.8 % 4.7 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.6 GHz 28 % 5 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 25 % 8 0 %
Threads 12 0 % 8 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 40.9 % 220 W 0 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 64 kB Instruction
8 × 16 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
4 × 2 MB
L3 Cache 1 × 12 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-980X FX-9590
Overall Score 45993 0 % 45853 0.3 %
Future Proof 17 % 54.1 % 37 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 4475 0 % 4420 1.2 %
Single Thread Score 1529.5 14.9 % 1796.7 0 %
Encrypting Data 2577.1 MB/s 0 % 2082.6 MB/s 19.2 %
Compressing Data 114.4 MB/s 3.6 % 118.6 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 15457 thousand/s 0 % 15208.4 thousand/s 1.6 %
Prime numbers generation 32.9 millions/s 0.6 % 33.1 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 28261.1 millions/s 40.3 % 47299.4 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 11881.1 millions/s 0 % 11405.8 millions/s 4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-980X, FX-9590.

Average frames per second Core i7-980X FX-9590
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 90.9 FPS 90.5 FPS
High settings 145.5 FPS 144.8 FPS
Medium settings 181.9 FPS 181.0 FPS
Low settings 227.3 FPS 226.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.5 %

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 i7-980X FX-9590
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 131.3 FPS 131.1 FPS
High settings 210.1 FPS 209.8 FPS
Medium settings 262.7 FPS 262.2 FPS
Low settings 328.3 FPS 327.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.2 %
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