Intel Core 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.
| Codename | Cascade Lake |
| Series | Intel Core i9 (Desktop) |
| Clock Rate | 3000 - 4600 MHz |
| Level 1 Cache | 1.1 MB |
| Level 2 Cache | 18 MB |
| Level 3 Cache | 24.8 MB |
| Number of Cores / Threads | 18 / 36 |
| Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power) | 165 Watt |
| Manufacturing Technology | 14 nm |
| Max. Temperature | 86 °C |
| Socket | FCLGA-2066 (LGA) |
| Features | Quad-Channel DDR4-2933 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, AES-NI, TSX-NI, Quick Sync, Virtualization, vPro |
| 64 Bit | 64 Bit support |
| Architecture | x86 |
| Starting Price | $979 U.S. |
| Announcement Date | 10/02/2019 |
| 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%)
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
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
1.9 GB/s (56%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
3.2 GB/s (55%)
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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