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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i7-11700F outperforms the more expensive Core i9-9980XE on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i7-11700F is 879 days newer than the more expensive Core i9-9980XE.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-11700F
- Performs up to 89% better in Cities: Skylines II than Core i9-9980XE - 53 vs 28 FPS
- Up to 81% cheaper than Core i9-9980XE - $202.98 vs $1067.0
- Up to 90% better value when playing Cities: Skylines II than Core i9-9980XE - $3.83 vs $38.11 per FPS
- Consumes up to 61% less energy than Intel Core i9-9980XE - 65 vs 165 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i9-9980XE
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-11700F - 36 vs 16 threads
Cities: Skylines II
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i7-11700F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
53
100%
Value, $/FPS
$3.83/FPS
100%
Price, $
$202.98
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i7-11700F Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 4.9 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 65W
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Core i9-9980XE
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
FPS
28
52.83018867924528%
Value, $/FPS
$38.11/FPS
10.049855680923644%
Price, $
$1067
19%
Intel Core i9-9980XE Extreme Edition Processor 18 Cores up to 4.4GHz Turbo Unlocked LGA2066 X299 Series 165W Processors (999AD1)
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i7-11700F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Core i9-9980XE
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-11700F | vs | Intel Core i9-9980XE |
|---|---|---|
Mar 16th, 2021 | Release Date | Oct 19th, 2018 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i9 Extreme |
| Rocket Lake | Codename | Skylake |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | Intel Socket 2066 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 8 | Cores | 18 |
| 16 | Threads | 36 |
| 2.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
4.9 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 165 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 25.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i7-11700F or Core i9-9980XE
Cities: Skylines II, 1920 x 1080, High
2 FPS
$600/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Core i7-11700F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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2 FPS
$835/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Core i7-11700F
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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15 FPS
$179.93/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Core i7-11700F
32 GB, 2 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$2,699
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1 FPS
$1399.01/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB
Core i7-11700F
16 GB, 480 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,399.01
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1 FPS
$1499.99/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Core i7-11700F
16 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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1 FPS
$1069.99/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i7-11700F
32 GB, 512 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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6 FPS
$250/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i7-11700F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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1 FPS
$1649/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-11700F
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$1,649
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1 FPS
$1549/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-11700F
32 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,549
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1 FPS
$1449.99/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i7-11700F
16 GB, 480 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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