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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: 136.78
Overall Rank:
1648th fastest in multithreading out of 5039 CPUs
2304th fastest in single threading out of 5039 CPUs
488th fastest in out of 1422 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $49.99 USD (2024-12-25)
| Integer Math | 28,356 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 11,958 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 33 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 15,349 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 2,529 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 116,784 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 513 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 3,278 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 1,525 MOps/Sec |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,757 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,335 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,050 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,492 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,126 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,870 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,195 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,717 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,640 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,146 | |
| Intel Core i7-980X @ 3.33GHz | 6,837 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 224.27 | |
| Intel Core i7-980X @ 3.33GHz | 136.78 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 108.61 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.33 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | NA | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | NA | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,612 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,144 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,018 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,902 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,682 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,470 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,363 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,923 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,564 | |
| Intel Core i7-980X @ 3.33GHz | 1,525 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2506838 - Mar 25 2025 | 7431 | |
| BL2501955 - Mar 23 2025 | 6992 | |
| BL2475476 - Mar 12 2025 [Overclocked] [Excluded] | 6650 | |
| BL2470082 - Mar 10 2025 [Overclocked] | 7783 | |
| BL2470025 - Mar 10 2025 | 7077 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-980X @ 3.33GHz | 6,837 | |
| AMD Phenom II X6 1055T vs Intel Core i7-980X | 3,345 (-51.1%) | |
| AMD FX-6100 Six-Core vs Intel Core i7-980X | 3,694 (-46.0%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 3 1300X vs Intel Core i7-980X | 6,958 (+1.8%) | |
| Intel Core i7-970 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Core i7-980X | 6,549 (-4.2%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4690K @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i7-980X | 5,699 (-16.6%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4670K @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i7-980X | 5,578 (-18.4%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4590 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Core i7-980X | 5,375 (-21.4%) | |
| Intel Core i7-860 @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Core i7-980X | 3,019 (-55.9%) | |
| AMD Athlon II X4 640 vs Intel Core i7-980X | 2,260 (-67.0%) | |
| Intel Core i7-3930K @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Core i7-980X | 8,203 (+20.0%) | |
| AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-980X | 5,296 (-22.5%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 1400 vs Intel Core i7-980X | 7,743 (+13.2%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,190 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,360 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,855 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,599 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,539 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,295 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,824 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,702 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,533 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 235 | 9,449 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF | 9,431 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 9,328 | |
| Intel Core i7-980X @ 3.33GHz | 1,160 |
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