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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i9-11900KF outperforms the more expensive Core i9-7980XE on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i9-11900KF is 1292 days newer than the more expensive Core i9-7980XE.
Advantages of Intel Core i9-11900KF
- Performs up to 10% better in Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 than Core i9-7980XE - 207 vs 188 FPS
- Up to 78% cheaper than Core i9-7980XE - $240.0 vs $1099.0
- Up to 80% better value when playing Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 than Core i9-7980XE - $1.16 vs $5.85 per FPS
- Consumes up to 24% less energy than Intel Core i9-7980XE - 125 vs 165 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i9-7980XE
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i9-11900KF - 36 vs 16 threads
Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Core i9-11900KF
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
207
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.16/FPS
100%
Price, $
$240
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i9-11900KF Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 5.3 GHz Unlocked LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 125W
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Core i9-7980XE
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2017
FPS
188
90.82125603864735%
Value, $/FPS
$5.85/FPS
19.82905982905983%
Price, $
$1099
21%
Intel BX80673I97980X Core i9-7980XE Processors
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Core i9-11900KF
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Core i9-7980XE
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2017
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i9-11900KF | vs | Intel Core i9-7980XE |
|---|---|---|
Mar 16th, 2021 | Release Date | Sep 1st, 2017 |
| Core i9 | Collection | Core i9 Extreme |
| Rocket Lake | Codename | Skylake |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | Intel Socket 2066 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 8 | Cores | 18 |
| 16 | Threads | 36 |
3.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.6 GHz |
5.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
125 W | TDP | 165 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
35.0x | Multiplier | 26.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i9-11900KF or Core i9-7980XE
Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0, 1920 x 1080, Extreme
144 FPS
$8.33/FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
Core i9-11900KF
32 GB, N/A Storage
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147 FPS
$22.45/FPS
GeForce RTX 3090
Core i9-11900KF
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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114 FPS
$16.33/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i9-11900KF
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,862
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114 FPS
$10.39/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i9-11900KF
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,184.4
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151 FPS
$21.19/FPS
Radeon RX 6900 XT
Core i9-11900KF
32 GB, N/A Storage
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$3,199.99
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147 FPS
$15.14/FPS
GeForce RTX 3090
Core i9-11900KF
16 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$2,225
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136 FPS
$26.18/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Core i9-11900KF
64 GB, 2 TB HDD
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$3,559.99
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121 FPS
$14.46/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
Core i9-11900KF
32 GB, 500 GB SSD + 4 TB HDD
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$1,749.99
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136 FPS
$23.82/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Core i9-11900KF
64 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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