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IntelBX80684I99900KF
▲ 52290 ▼

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

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▲ 54847 ▼

8 Cores, 16 Threads @3.60 GHz, 95 W.
Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Effective Speed 
+16%
Real World Speed
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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: 211th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 84%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 85%
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Workstation
Workstation 108%
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50,265 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 104% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 90% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)
Poor: 90% Great: 104%
SPEED RANK: 107th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 98%
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Desktop
Desktop 98%
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Workstation
Workstation 97%
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Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		84.2 % 97.8 % Faster effective speed.
+16%
Average Score 
+11%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency 		77.3 Pts 93.1 Pts Lower memory latency.
+20%
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed 		129 Pts 142 Pts Faster single-core speed.
+10%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed 		255 Pts 282 Pts Faster dual-core speed.
+11%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed 		488 Pts 550 Pts Faster quad-core speed.
+13%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed 		951 Pts 981 Pts +3%
Overclocked Score 
+4%
Memory
OC Memory Latency 		91.4 Pts 97.4 Pts Slightly lower OC memory latency.
+7%
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed 		145 Pts 153 Pts Slightly faster OC single-core speed.
+6%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed 		288 Pts 305 Pts Slightly faster OC dual-core speed.
+6%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed 		575 Pts 605 Pts Slightly faster OC quad-core speed.
+5%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed 		1,149 Pts +3% 1,114 Pts
Value & Sentiment 
+361%
Market Share
Based on 68,993,238 CPUs tested
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.02 % 0.28 % Insanely higher market share.
+1,300%
Value
Value For Money 		57.7 % 96.2 % Much better value.
+67%
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		52 % 54 % +4%
Price
Price (score) 		$1,100 $295 Much cheaper.
+73%
Nice To Haves 
+68%
Age
Newest 		60+ Months More recent.
+10% 		67+ Months
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed 		3,371 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+111% 		1,594 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed 		2,664 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+83% 		1,457 Pts
Specifications 
Launch Date
Launch Date 		Q4'19 Q1'19
Cache
Cache 		24.75 MB Intel® Smart Cache 16 MB SmartCache
Instruction Set Extensions
Instruction Set Extensions 		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Max Turbo Frequency
Max Turbo Frequency 		4.60 GHz 5.00 GHz
Thermal Solution Specification
Thermal Solution Specification 		PCG 2017X PCG 2015D (130W)
Max Memory Size
Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type) 		256 GB 128 GB
Memory Types
Memory Types 		DDR4-2933 DDR4-2666
Memory Channels
Max # of Memory Channels 		4 2
Memory Bandwidth
Max Memory Bandwidth 		94 GB/s 41.6 GB/s
Turbo Boost Tech
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology ‡ 		2 2.0
PCI Express Revision
PCI Express Revision 		3 3.0
Max # of PCI Express Lanes
Max # of PCI Express Lanes 		48 16

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Conclusion 
Average Bench 84.2%
Average Bench 97.8%

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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The iGPU-less i9-9900K. Comes with nearly same specs as original i9-9900K but without iGPU could be a better overclocker than the original ones and enthusiast gamers probably don't need iGPU when they have high end discrete GPU. [Dec '19 ColdSpy]

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