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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. But this CPU contains 18 Cores and 36 Threads. Paired with a good videocard, is this CPU Good for Gaming? This CPU should be able to play most games, but may be a bottleneck on newer releases. [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: 26.26
Overall Rank: 286
Last Price Change: $1,149.00 USD (2024-05-08)
| Integer Math | 116,542 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 72,046 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 111 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 64,727 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 11,739 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 529,997 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 1,508 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 39,675 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 2,480 MOps/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
 | $1,149.00 USD | Buy Now! |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 59,322 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,375 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,187 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,633 | |
| Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 2.60GHz | 30,178 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,026 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,909 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,317 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,766 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,466 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,185 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 219.36 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 184.11 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 151.30 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 131.83 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 123.27 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.68 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 51.16 | |
| Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 2.60GHz | 26.26 | |
| 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 | 4,633 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,172 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,035 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,929 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,838 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,703 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,471 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,361 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,932 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,568 | |
| Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 2.60GHz | 2,480 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2095206 - May 06 2024 [Overclocked] | 31780 | |
| BL2091696 - May 02 2024 | 28855 | |
| BL2091337 - May 01 2024 [Overclocked] | 36605 | |
| BL2085414 - Apr 24 2024 | 26693 | |
| BL2084366 - Apr 22 2024 [Overclocked] | 37367 |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900KS | 9,734 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 9,266 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 9,070 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900KS | 8,558 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 8,403 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 8,151 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900KF | 7,999 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D | 7,878 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 7,793 | |
| Intel Core i7-14700K | 7,556 | |
| Intel Core i7-13790F | 7,532 | |
| Intel Core i7-14700KF | 7,519 | |
| Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 2.60GHz | 2,256 |
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