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Benchmarks for the Intel Core i9-7980XE can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.
Is the Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 2.60GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: FCLGA2066
Clockspeed: 2.6 GHz
Turbo Speed: 4.2 GHz
Cores: 18 Threads: 36
Typical TDP: 165 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 18 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 18 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 18 x 1024 KB
L3 Cache: 25 MB
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-7980XE CPU @ 2.60GHz, Intel Core i9-7980XE CPU @ 2.60GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2017
CPUmark/$Price: 9.22
Overall Rank:
438th fastest in multithreading out of 5277 CPUs
1081st fastest in single threading out of 5277 CPUs
137th fastest in out of 1452 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $3,235.10 USD (2025-04-14)
Integer Math | 116,024 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 71,638 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 111 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 63,657 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 11,359 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 518,817 KBytes/Sec |
Physics | 1,503 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 39,596 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 2,457 MOps/Sec |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,606 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,007 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,422 | |
Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 2.60GHz | 29,831 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,148 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,860 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,498 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,151 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,701 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,658 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,148 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
---|---|---|
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 228.55 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 178.89 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 151.25 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 141.03 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 135.04 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.16 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 45.49 | |
Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 2.60GHz | 9.22 | |
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 | 4,609 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,014 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,899 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,680 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,478 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,469 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,364 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,919 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,562 | |
Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 2.60GHz | 2,457 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL2763926 - Jul 14 2025 [Overclocked] | 34917 | |
BL2763894 - Jul 14 2025 [Overclocked] | 34869 | |
BL2755599 - Jul 11 2025 | 30776 | |
BL2721150 - Jun 25 2025 | 29017 | |
BL2697847 - Jun 15 2025 [Overclocked] | 36316 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 2.60GHz | 29,831 | |
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Intel Core i9-7980XE | 27,595 (-7.5%) | |
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX vs Intel Core i9-7980XE | 32,195 (+7.9%) | |
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X vs Intel Core i9-7980XE | 23,105 (-22.5%) | |
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs Intel Core i9-7980XE | 32,546 (+9.1%) | |
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X vs Intel Core i9-7980XE | 29,467 (-1.2%) | |
Intel Core i9-7960X @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Core i9-7980XE | 28,116 (-5.7%) | |
Intel Core i9-7940X @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i9-7980XE | 25,611 (-14.1%) | |
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT vs Intel Core i9-7980XE | 32,577 (+9.2%) | |
Intel Core i9-7920X @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Core i9-7980XE | 23,494 (-21.2%) | |
Intel Core i9-9980XE @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i9-7980XE | 31,566 (+5.8%) | |
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX vs Intel Core i9-7980XE | 31,026 (+4.0%) | |
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2920X vs Intel Core i9-7980XE | 25,235 (-15.4%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
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AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,400 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,142 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,279 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,838 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,569 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,479 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,275 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,823 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,798 | |
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,597 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,532 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,450 | |
Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 2.60GHz | 2,019 |