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Intel Core i9-10980XE

Intel i9-10980XE

The Intel Core i9-10980XE is a high end desktop / workstation processor based on the Cascade Lake-X series. It integrates 18 processor cores that clock between 3 and 4.6 GHz (Turbo Boost 3.0). Compared to the i9-9980XE, the 10980XE increased the Turbo clock speed by 200 MHz and offers additional AVX-512 instructions for small data types (8 Bit and 16 Bit integer). The basic architecture is still similar to Skylake. Thanks to HyperThreading the CPU can handle up to 36 threads at once. The individual cores are connected by a mesh instead of the ring bus in the consumer CPUs.

The performance in multi-threaded applications of the 18 core CPU is excellent, however in gaming and workloads with less threads, fast clocked consumer CPUs like the Core i9-9900K are faster.

The CPU is specified with a TDP of 165 Watt and therefore needs a big and capable cooling system.

CodenameCascade Lake
SeriesIntel Core i9 (Desktop)
Clock Rate3000 - 4600 MHz
Level 1 Cache1.1 MB
Level 2 Cache18 MB
Level 3 Cache24.8 MB
Number of Cores / Threads18 / 36
Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)165 Watt
Manufacturing Technology14 nm
Max. Temperature86 °C
SocketFCLGA-2066 (LGA)
FeaturesQuad-Channel DDR4-2933 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, AES-NI, TSX-NI, Quick Sync, Virtualization, vPro
64 Bit64 Bit support
Architecturex86
Starting Price$979 U.S.
Announcement Date10/02/2019
Product Link (external)ark.intel.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU
35.5 pt (59%)
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Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 487     avg: 489.5     median: 489.5 (54%)     max: 492 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 8220     avg: 8533     median: 8532.5 (21%)     max: 8845 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 3632     avg: 3712     median: 3744 (24%)     max: 3761 Points
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Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 204     avg: 207.3     median: 208 (58%)     max: 210 Points
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Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
38.4 Points (50%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
2.4 Points (56%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
7847 points (47%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
59479 points (43%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
47.4 s (1%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
2.8 s (1%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
7172 points (11%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multi Thread 4 runs
min: 93061     avg: 93077     median: 93076.5 (53%)     max: 93092 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 5333     avg: 5371     median: 5370.5 (63%)     max: 5408 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
157.5 fps (53%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
215 fps (50%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 26.2     avg: 27     median: 27 (47%)     max: 27.8 fps
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TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
1.9 GB/s (56%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
3.2 GB/s (55%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
18.2 GB/s (47%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 125     avg: 130     median: 130 (1%)     max: 135 Seconds
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
14129 Points (30%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
7.7 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
16.8 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
410 s (2%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
20452 Points (51%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
51498 Points (43%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
14342 Points (36%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
28606 Points (51%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
12436 Points (52%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
1260 points (49%)
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Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
16480 points (30%)
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Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1208     avg: 1240     median: 1239.5 (5%)     max: 1271 points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 15598     avg: 15744     median: 15743.5 (50%)     max: 15889 points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 5769     avg: 5795     median: 5794.5 (58%)     max: 5820 points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 50801     avg: 54223     median: 54222.5 (54%)     max: 57644 points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
56351 points (100%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
4578 points (89%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
63872 points (100%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
4684 points (70%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
9782 Points (79%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
9973 Points (90%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
51025 Points (100%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
49681 Points (100%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
38219 Points (100%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
954 ms (1%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
97.5 ms (1%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
39564 Points (30%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
239 Points (43%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
242 Watt (42%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
306 Watt (56%)
Power Consumption - Power Efficiency - Cinebench R15 Multi external Monitor
11.9 Points per Watt (9%)
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Other CPUs of the series Core i9 (Desktop)

» Intel Core i9-10980XE
   18x 3 GHz - 4.6 GHz
» Intel Core i9-9980XE
   18x 3 GHz - 4.4 GHz

Surrounding CPUs

+ AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX
   24x 3 GHz - 4.2 GHz
+ Apple M4 Pro (12 cores)
   12x 2.59 GHz - 4.51 GHz
+ Intel Core i7-12700K
   12x 2.7 GHz - 5 GHz
+ Intel Core i5-14500
   14x 2.6 GHz - 5 GHz
+ AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
   12x 3.7 GHz - 4.8 GHz
» Intel Core i9-10980XE
   18x 3 GHz - 4.6 GHz
- Intel Core i9-9980XE
   18x 3 GHz - 4.4 GHz
- Intel Core i5-13500
   14x 2.5 GHz - 4.8 GHz
- Intel Core i5-13400F
   10x 2.5 GHz - 4.6 GHz
- Intel Core i5-13400
   10x 2.5 GHz - 4.6 GHz
- Intel Core i7-12700F
   12x 3.3 GHz - 4.9 GHz
Klaus Hinum (Update: 2019-12-25)