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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: 136.79
Overall Rank:
1730th fastest in multithreading out of 5150 CPUs
2391st fastest in single threading out of 5150 CPUs
513th fastest in out of 1449 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $49.99 USD (2024-12-25)
| Integer Math | 28,353 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 11,956 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 33 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 15,330 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 2,526 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 116,757 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 513 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 3,288 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 1,524 MOps/Sec |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,660 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,299 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,017 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,152 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,861 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,482 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,166 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,705 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,650 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,145 | |
| Intel Core i7-980X @ 3.33GHz | 6,838 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 227.01 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 186.43 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 168.81 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 150.65 | |
| Intel Core i7-980X @ 3.33GHz | 136.79 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 136.18 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 130.36 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 49.23 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,610 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,138 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,900 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,837 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,680 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,477 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,469 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,364 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,921 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,563 | |
| Intel Core i7-980X @ 3.33GHz | 1,524 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2694934 - Jun 13 2025 | 7366 | |
| BL2567390 - Apr 19 2025 [Excluded] | 4026 | |
| BL2555080 - Apr 15 2025 [Overclocked] | 8281 | |
| BL2540714 - Apr 08 2025 | 6841 | |
| BL2535147 - Apr 06 2025 [Overclocked] | 6629 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-980X @ 3.33GHz | 6,838 | |
| AMD FX-8300 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-980X | 5,338 (-21.9%) | |
| AMD Phenom II X6 1055T vs Intel Core i7-980X | 3,350 (-51.0%) | |
| AMD FX-6100 Six-Core vs Intel Core i7-980X | 3,702 (-45.9%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 3 1300X vs Intel Core i7-980X | 6,945 (+1.6%) | |
| Intel Core i3-9100F @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i7-980X | 6,715 (-1.8%) | |
| Intel Core i7-970 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Core i7-980X | 6,531 (-4.5%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4690K @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i7-980X | 5,696 (-16.7%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4670K @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i7-980X | 5,579 (-18.4%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4690 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i7-980X | 5,576 (-18.5%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4670 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i7-980X | 5,498 (-19.6%) | |
| AMD FX-6300 Six-Core vs Intel Core i7-980X | 4,220 (-38.3%) | |
| Intel Core i7-860 @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Core i7-980X | 3,023 (-55.8%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,484 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,153 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,303 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,843 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,587 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,487 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,277 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,805 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,768 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,656 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,520 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,493 | |
| Intel Core i7-980X @ 3.33GHz | 1,159 |
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