Core i7 X 980 vs Core i7 X 990 specs and performance
According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7 X 990 is faster 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.
When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7 X 990 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7 X 980. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache
Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7 X 980 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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