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IntelBX8069510980XE
  

6 Cores, 12 Threads.
Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

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

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 4,960 user samples
1 User Benchmark
Best Bench: 92% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 92% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Poor: 92% Great: 92%
SPEED RANK: 143rd / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 92%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier
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: 211th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 84%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 108%
UFO
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
92.3 % Slightly faster effective speed.
+10%
84.2 %
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
95.6 Pts Lower memory latency.
+24%
77.3 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
121 Pts 129 Pts Slightly faster single-core speed.
+7%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
243 Pts 255 Pts +5%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
479 Pts 488 Pts +2%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
735 Pts 951 Pts Faster octa-core speed.
+29%
Memory
OC Memory Latency
95.6 Pts +5% 91.4 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
121 Pts 145 Pts Faster OC single-core speed.
+20%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
243 Pts 288 Pts Faster OC dual-core speed.
+19%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
479 Pts 575 Pts Faster OC quad-core speed.
+20%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
735 Pts 1,149 Pts Much faster OC octa-core speed.
+56%
Market Share
Based on 68,995,305 CPUs tested
User Rating
UBM User Rating
50 % 52 % +4%
Age
Newest
85+ Months 60+ Months More recent.
+29%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
946 Pts 3,371 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+256%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
946 Pts 2,664 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+182%

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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