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IntelBX80684I59600KF
IntelBX8069510980XE
▲ 824,321 ▼

6 Cores, 6 Threads @3.70 GHz, 95 W.
Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

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▲ 52286 ▼

18 Cores, 36 Threads @3.00 GHz, 165 W.
Release date ≈ Q4 2019.

Effective Speed 
+11%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 70,081 user samples
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65,122 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 102% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 81% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Poor: 81% Great: 102%
SPEED RANK: 122nd / 1445
Gaming
Gaming 93%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
4,959 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 96% Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 74% Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg)
Poor: 74% Great: 96%
SPEED RANK: 190th / 1445
Gaming
Gaming 84%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 108%
UFO
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		93.2 % Faster effective speed.
+11% 		84.2 %
External Data: 1080p 
+2%
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Processor non grata: Rocket Lake-S... 		2 % BFV 13%, MetroEx 28% SotTR 17%, Divis2 17%
Average Score 
+1%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency 		91.4 Pts Lower memory latency.
+18% 		77.3 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed 		134 Pts +4% 129 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed 		267 Pts +5% 255 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed 		521 Pts Slightly faster quad-core speed.
+7% 		488 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed 		686 Pts 951 Pts Much faster octa-core speed.
+39%
Overclocked Score 
+5%
Memory
OC Memory Latency 		96.4 Pts Slightly lower OC memory latency.
+5% 		91.4 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed 		151 Pts +4% 145 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed 		303 Pts Slightly faster OC dual-core speed.
+5% 		288 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed 		597 Pts +4% 575 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed 		808 Pts 1149 Pts Much faster OC octa-core speed.
+42%
Value & Sentiment 
+175%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.23 % Hugely higher market share.
+475% 		0.04 %
Value
Value For Money 		105 % Hugely better value.
+82% 		57.7 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		82 % Much more popular.
+58% 		52 %
Price
Price (score) 		$180 Hugely cheaper.
+84% 		$1,100
Nice To Haves 
+195%
Age
Newest 		61+ Months 55+ Months Slightly more recent.
+10%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed 		838 Pts 3371 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+302%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed 		712 Pts 2664 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+274%
Specifications 
Launch Date
Launch Date 		Q1'19 Q4'19
Cache
Cache 		9 MB SmartCache 24.75 MB Intel® Smart Cache
Instruction Set Extensions
Instruction Set Extensions 		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
Thermal Solution Specification
Thermal Solution Specification 		PCG 2015D (130W) PCG 2017X
Max Memory Size
Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type) 		128 GB 256 GB
Memory Types
Memory Types 		DDR4-2666 DDR4-2933
Memory Channels
Max # of Memory Channels 		2 4
Memory Bandwidth
Max Memory Bandwidth 		41.6 GB/s 94 GB/s
Turbo Boost Tech
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology ‡ 		2.0 2
Hyper-Threading Tech
Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡ 		No Yes
PCI Express Revision
PCI Express Revision 		3.0 3
Max # of PCI Express Lanes
Max # of PCI Express Lanes 		16 48

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Conclusion 
Average Bench 93.2%
Average Bench 84.2%
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While it's good for Intel to cut the prices of top end i9-x980XE in half (from $1979 to $979), it was unfortunately positioned in an awkward position against the competing AMD Ryzen 9 3950X and Threadripper 3960X. This CPU offer better value than the preceding i9-9980XE while offering nearly similar performance as the preceding ones but would prefer paying less for Ryzen 9 3950X, Threadripper 2950X or more for mighty Threadripper 3960X instead.  [Dec '19 ColdSpy]

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