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Core i3-4170T vs Core i9-7980XE

Core i3-4170T vs Core i9-7980XE: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i9-7980XE outperforms Core i3-4170T on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i9-7980XE is 886 days newer than Core i3-4170T.

Advantages of Core i3-4170T

  • Consumes up to 79% less energy than Intel Core i9-7980XE - 35 vs 165 Watts
  • Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i9-7980XE doesn't have integrated graphics

Advantages of Core i9-7980XE

  • Performs up to 23% better in Counter-Strike 2 than Core i3-4170T - 376 vs 305 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i3-4170T - 36 vs 4 threads
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Counter-Strike 2

Counter-Strike 2

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Intel Core i3-4170T Logo
Core i3-4170T

Desktop • Mar 30th, 2015


FPS

305

81%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

Intel Core i9-7980XE Logo
Core i9-7980XE

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2017


FPS

376

100%

Value, $/FPS

$2.12/FPS

100%

Price, $

$799

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Intel BX80673I97980X Core i9-7980XE Processors

Buy for $799 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 151 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Intel Core i3-4170T Logo
Core i3-4170T

Desktop • Mar 30th, 2015

Intel Core i9-7980XE Logo
Core i9-7980XE

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2017

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i3-4170T Logo
Core i3-4170T

Desktop • Mar 30th, 2015


Single-Core

976

65%

Multi-Core

1911

16%

Intel Core i9-7980XE Logo
Core i9-7980XE

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2017


Single-Core

1495

100%

Multi-Core

11616

100%

Intel Core i3-4170T Logo

Core i3-4170T

vs
Intel Core i9-7980XE Logo

Core i9-7980XE

Mar 30th, 2015
Sep 1st, 2017
Core i3Core i9 Extreme
HaswellSkylake
Intel Socket 1150Intel Socket 2066
Desktop
Desktop
2
18
4
36
3.2 GHz
2.6 GHz
Non-Turbo4.2 GHz
35 W
165 W
22 nm
14 nm
32.0x
26.0x
Intel HD 4400
None
No
Yes

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