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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i7-11700KF 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 i7-11700KF is 879 days newer than the more expensive Core i9-9980XE.
Advantages of Intel Core i9-9980XE
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-11700KF - 36 vs 16 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i7-11700KF
- Performs up to 12% better in Total War: WARHAMMER III than Core i9-9980XE - 196 vs 175 FPS
- Up to 77% cheaper than Core i9-9980XE - $249.68 vs $1067.0
- Up to 79% better value when playing Total War: WARHAMMER III than Core i9-9980XE - $1.27 vs $6.1 per FPS
- Consumes up to 24% less energy than Intel Core i9-9980XE - 125 vs 165 Watts
Total War: WARHAMMER III
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i9-9980XE
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
FPS
175
89.28571428571429%
Value, $/FPS
$6.1/FPS
20.81967213114754%
Price, $
$1067
23%
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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Core i7-11700KF
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
196
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.27/FPS
100%
Price, $
$249.68
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i7-11700KF Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 5.0 GHz Unlocked LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 125W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i9-9980XE
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Core i7-11700KF
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i9-9980XE | vs | Intel Core i7-11700KF |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 19th, 2018 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Core i9 Extreme | Collection | Core i7 |
| Skylake | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| Intel Socket 2066 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
18 | Cores | 8 |
36 | Threads | 16 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
| 4.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.0 GHz |
| 165 W | TDP | 125 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i9-9980XE or Core i7-11700KF
Total War: WARHAMMER III, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
45 FPS
$22.22/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-11700KF
32 GB, N/A Storage
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$999.99
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45 FPS
$34/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-11700KF
32 GB, 500 GB SSD + 4 TB HDD
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$1,529.99
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90 FPS
$23.33/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Core i7-11700KF
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$2,099.99
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45 FPS
$41.09/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-11700KF
16 GB, 500 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$1,849
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90 FPS
$22.21/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Core i7-11700KF
64 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$1,999
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45 FPS
$26.97/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-11700KF
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,213.8
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90 FPS
$24.44/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Core i7-11700KF
16 GB, 500 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$2,199.99
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75 FPS
$27.01/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
Core i7-11700KF
16 GB, 1 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$2,026
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90 FPS
$19.99/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Core i7-11700KF
32 GB, 512 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$1,799
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90 FPS
$22.1/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Core i7-11700KF
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$1,989
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