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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: 136.65
Overall Rank:
1558th fastest in multithreading out of 4903 CPUs
2199th fastest in single threading out of 4903 CPUs
470th fastest in out of 1400 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $49.99 USD (2024-12-13)
| Integer Math | 28,378 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 11,961 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 33 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 15,407 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 2,533 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 116,846 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 513 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 3,254 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 1,528 MOps/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,964 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,464 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,104 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,596 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,093 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,888 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,255 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,745 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,577 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,153 | |
| Intel Core i7-980X @ 3.33GHz | 6,831 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 260.99 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 186.29 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 150.78 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 145.61 | |
| Intel Core i7-980X @ 3.33GHz | 136.65 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 131.03 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.59 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 49.47 | |
| 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 | 4,618 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,160 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,028 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,903 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,686 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,469 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,361 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,928 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,566 | |
| Intel Core i7-980X @ 3.33GHz | 1,528 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2266698 - Dec 05 2024 [Overclocked] | 8146 | |
| BL2266639 - Dec 05 2024 | 7749 | |
| BL2256179 - Nov 26 2024 | 7330 | |
| BL2247367 - Nov 16 2024 | 7291 | |
| BL2244155 - Nov 13 2024 | 7389 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-980X @ 3.33GHz | 6,831 | |
| Intel Core i7-3930K @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Core i7-980X | 8,204 (+20.1%) | |
| AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-980X | 5,263 (-23.0%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 1400 vs Intel Core i7-980X | 7,755 (+13.5%) | |
| Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i7-980X | 5,491 (-19.6%) | |
| Intel Core i7-2600 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i7-980X | 5,345 (-21.8%) | |
| AMD FX-8300 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-980X | 5,338 (-21.9%) | |
| AMD Phenom II X6 1090T vs Intel Core i7-980X | 3,776 (-44.7%) | |
| Intel Core i7-4790 @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i7-980X | 7,266 (+6.4%) | |
| Intel Core i7-4770 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i7-980X | 7,060 (+3.4%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 3 2200G vs Intel Core i7-980X | 6,754 (-1.1%) | |
| Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i7-980X | 6,469 (-5.3%) | |
| Intel Core i7-3770 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i7-980X | 6,411 (-6.2%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,256 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,907 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,888 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,595 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,328 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,873 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,497 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF | 9,445 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,402 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF | 9,392 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900KS | 9,219 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D | 8,932 | |
| Intel Core i7-980X @ 3.33GHz | 1,161 |
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