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Is the Intel Core i7-980X @ 3.33GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: LGA1366
Clockspeed: 3.3 GHz
Turbo Speed: 3.6 GHz
Cores: 6 Threads: 12
Typical TDP: 130 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 6 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 12 MB
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU X 980 @ 3.33GHz, Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU X 980 @ 3.33GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2010
CPUmark/$Price: 136.50
Overall Rank:
1975th fastest in multithreading out of 5791 CPUs
2664th fastest in single threading out of 5791 CPUs
558th fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $49.99 USD (2024-12-25)
| Integer Math | 28,278 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 11,922 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 33 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 15,211 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 2,515 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 116,299 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 512 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 3,305 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 1,522 MOps/Sec |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 58,444 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,279 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 38,939 | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | 23,700 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,844 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,584 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,082 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,678 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,643 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,133 | |
| Intel Core i7-980X @ 3.33GHz | 6,824 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 136.53 | |
| Intel Core i7-980X @ 3.33GHz | 136.50 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 130.23 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 124.62 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 122.41 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 117.87 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 107.93 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 60.59 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 4,694 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,600 | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | 4,516 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,886 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,676 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,489 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,467 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,365 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,913 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,560 | |
| Intel Core i7-980X @ 3.33GHz | 1,522 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL3287140 - Feb 14 2026 | 7310 | |
| BL3282490 - Feb 12 2026 | 7471 | |
| BL3222015 - Jan 18 2026 | 6066 | |
| BL3218784 - Jan 16 2026 | 7349 | |
| BL3200121 - Jan 09 2026 | 7041 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-980X @ 3.33GHz | 6,824 | |
| Intel Core i7-3770 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i7-980X | 6,413 (-6.0%) | |
| AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-980X | 5,318 (-22.1%) | |
| AMD FX-6100 Six-Core vs Intel Core i7-980X | 3,695 (-45.9%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 3 1300X vs Intel Core i7-980X | 6,930 (+1.6%) | |
| Intel Core i5-7600K @ 3.80GHz vs Intel Core i7-980X | 6,818 (-0.1%) | |
| Intel Core i7-970 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Core i7-980X | 6,559 (-3.9%) | |
| Intel Core i5-6600 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Core i7-980X | 6,069 (-11.1%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4670K @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i7-980X | 5,583 (-18.2%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4590 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Core i7-980X | 5,376 (-21.2%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4570 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Core i7-980X | 5,234 (-23.3%) | |
| Intel Core i5-6400 @ 2.70GHz vs Intel Core i7-980X | 5,173 (-24.2%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4590S @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i7-980X | 5,125 (-24.9%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 | 14,501 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,433 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,123 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,258 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,794 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus | 10,695 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,517 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,377 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,257 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D | 10,195 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,783 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,780 | |
| Intel Core i7-980X @ 3.33GHz | 1,157 |
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