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| 4.8 Out of 10 |  | by Sean-Kalinich (Mar, 2010) by Sean-Kalinich (Mar, 2010) |
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CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of the Intel Core i7 980 among desktop CPUs (over 75W)
Performance | |
Benchmark performance using all cores | |
| PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more | |
Single-core Performance | |
Individual core benchmark performance | |
| PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more | |
Integrated Graphics | |
Integrated GPU performance for graphics | |
| Fire Strike | |
Integrated Graphics (OpenCL) | |
Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more | |
Performance per Watt | |
How efficiently does the processor use electricity? | |
| Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more | |
Value | |
Are you paying a premium for performance? | |
| Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more | |
| 4.8 | CPUBoss Score |
Combination of all six facets | |
Benchmarks Real world tests of the Intel Core i7 980
3D Mark 11 (Physics)
3D Mark 06 (CPU)
Cinebench R11.5
Cinebench R11.5 (Single Core)
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary
| Clock speed | 3.33 GHz |
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| Turbo clock speed | 3.6 GHz |
| Cores | Hexa core |
| Socket type | LGA 1366 |
| Is unlocked | No |
features
| Has a NX bit | Yes |
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| Supports trusted computing | No |
| Has virtualization support | Yes |
| Instruction set extensions |
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| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes |
power consumption
| TDP | 130W |
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| Annual home energy cost | 31.32 $/year |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 113.88 $/year |
| Performance per watt | 2.01 pt/W |
| Typical power consumption | 105.63W |
memory controller
| Memory controller | Built-in |
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| Memory type |
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| Channels | Triple Channel |
| Supports ECC | Yes |
| Maximum bandwidth | 25,599.99 MB/s |
| Maximum memory size | 24,576 MB |
details
| Architecture | x86-64 |
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| Threads | 12 threads |
| L2 cache | 2 MB |
| L2 cache per core | 0.33 MB/core |
| L3 cache | 12 MB |
| L3 cache per core | 2 MB/core |
| Manufacture process | 32 nm |
| Transistor count | 1,170,000,000 |
| Max CPUs | 1 |
| Clock multiplier | 25 |
| Voltage range | 0.8 - 1.3V |
| Operating temperature | Unknown - 68.8°C |
overclocking
| Overclocked clock speed | 4.68 GHz |
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| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.5 GHz |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.68 GHz |
integrated graphics
| GPU | None |
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bus
| Architecture | QPI |
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| Number of links | 1 |
| Data rate | 19,200 MB/s |
| Transfer rate | 4,800 MT/s |
| Clock speed | 2,400 MHz |
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