Intel Core i7-10700K vs Intel Core i7 X 980

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs Intel 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6751 points
128% significantly better overall score
2957 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8301 points
105% significantly better gaming score
4037 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6232 points
138% significantly better multitasking score
2609 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6087 points
141% significantly better heavy workload score
2522 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

177.76 points
237% significantly higher Blender score
52.64 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
12% slightly higher clock speed
3.37 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
12 MiB
499% significantly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

207th of 1,089
543rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i7
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-10700K vs Core i7 X 980 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-10700K performs better than the Core i7 X 980. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7 X 980 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-10700K has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i7 X 980 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7 X 980. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-10700K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7 X 980. The info from our database shows that the Core i7 X 980 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-10700K

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-10700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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