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Intel BX80673I97980X

Core i9-7980XE

Core i9-7980XE
BENCHMARKS (4,653)
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BUY • $973

Effective Speed -28%Effective Speed -28%Average Score -36%Memory -6%, 1-Core -52%, 2-Core -50%, 4-Core -49%, 8-Core -23%Overclocked Score -22%1-Core -36%, 2-Core -36%, 4-Core -33%, 8-Core -6%, Memory 0%Value & Sentiment -2,331%User Rating -69%, Market Share -8,633%, Price -506%, Value -116%Nice To Haves +3% 64-Core 100%, 64-Core 66%, Age -157%

Average Bench: 80.1% (249^th of 1463)

Based on 4,653 user benchmarks. Device: BFEBFBFF00050654 Model: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-7980XE CPU @ 2.60GHz

Poor: 70%Average: 80.1% Great: 95%

Gaming 80%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 103%

UFO

Popular builds with this CPU

Very good average bench

The Intel Core i9-7980XE averaged just 19.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Core i9-7980XE near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Multi Core Speed 2,570Pts

Avg. Single Core Speed 119Pts

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Core i9-7980XE is 24.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel Core i9-7980XE performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Octa Core Speed 875Pts

Avg. Memory Latency 77.3Pts

Average Bench

(Based on 4,653 samples)

Rank 24980.1%

Min	Avg	Max
67.8	Memory 77.3	91.4
98.9	1-Core 119	140
193	2-Core 235	276
79.4% 144 Pts

Min	Avg	Max
376	4-Core 444	546
712	8-Core 875	1,094
78% 660 Pts

Min	Avg	Max
2,028	64-Core 2,570	3,292
159% 2,570 Pts

User Benchmarks

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The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

SVK-User, 17 hrs ago.Core i9-7980XE,

LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads

Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)

91.4% Outstanding

Memory 82.1

1-Core 134

2-Core 269

88% 162 Pts

4-Core 539

8-Core 1,077

95% 808 Pts

64-Core 3211

199% 3211 Pts

GBR-User, 15 days ago.Core i9-7980XE,

LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads

Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)

91.1% Outstanding

Memory 83.3

1-Core 138

2-Core 274

90% 165 Pts

4-Core 529

8-Core 1,018

92% 774 Pts

64-Core 3,009

186% 3,009 Pts

GBR-User, 11 days ago.Core i9-7980XE,

LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads

Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)

88.1% Excellent

Memory 80.6

1-Core 132

2-Core 261

86% 158 Pts

4-Core 512

8-Core 997

89% 754 Pts

64-Core 3071

190% 3071 Pts

BEL-User, 3 days ago.Core i9-7980XE,

LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads

Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)

83.5% Excellent

Memory 81

1-Core 116

2-Core 232

80% 143 Pts

4-Core 461

8-Core 875

80% 668 Pts

64-Core 2,507

155% 2,507 Pts

GBR-User, 8 days ago.Core i9-7980XE,

LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads

Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg)

80% Excellent

Memory 73.2

1-Core 113

2-Core 234

76% 140 Pts

4-Core 465

8-Core 862

79% 664 Pts

64-Core 2,488

154% 2,488 Pts

CZE-User, 9 days ago.Core i9-7980XE,

CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads

Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)

75.5% Very good

Memory 61.8

1-Core 120

2-Core 241

75% 141 Pts

4-Core 476

8-Core 952

84% 714 Pts

64-Core 2896

179% 2896 Pts

GBR-User, 14 days ago.Core i9-7980XE,

CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads

Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)

73.8% Very good

Memory 71.7

1-Core 117

2-Core 232

77% 140 Pts

4-Core 406

8-Core 837

73% 622 Pts

64-Core 2,455

152% 2,455 Pts

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Gaming 103%

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Desktop 89%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 129%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG RAMPAGE VI EXTREME

CPU
Core i9-7980XEIntel $973Bench 80%, 4,653 samples	177x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	192x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,000Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	96x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	86x

SSD
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $249Bench 279%, 18,356 samples	52x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $128Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	49x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $75Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	45x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $100Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	24x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 8x8GBG.SKILLBench 125%, 648 samples	18x
F4 DDR4 3200 C14 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 105%, 6,151 samples	18x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $1,821

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Specifications

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Description	Intel® Core™ i9-7980XE Extreme Edition Processor (24.75M Cache, up to 4.20 GHz)
Code Name	Skylake
Launch Date	Q3'17
Processor Number	i9-7980XE
# of Cores	18
# of Threads	36
Cache	24.75 MB
Instruction Set Extensions	SSE4.1/4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
Embedded Options Available	No
Recommended Price	$1979.00 - $1999.00
Clock Speed	2.60 GHz
Max Turbo Frequency	4.20 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s DMI3
QPI Links	0
Scalability	1S Only
Max TDP	165 W
Thermal Solution Specification	PCG 2017X

Memory

Max Memory Size	128 GB
Memory Types	DDR4-2666
Memory Channels	4
ECC Memory Supported	No

Expansion Options

PCI Express Revision	3.0
Max # of PCI Express Lanes	44

Data Protection

AES New Instructions	Yes

Advanced Technologies

Turbo Boost 3.0 Tech	Yes
Virtualization Tech (VT-x)	Yes
Intel 64	Yes
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Tech	Yes
Turbo Boost Tech	2.0
Hyper-Threading Tech	Yes
Virtualization for Directed I/O (VT-d)	Yes

Package

Max CPU Configuration	1
Sockets Supported	FCLGA2066

Platform Protection

Execute Disable Bit	Yes

Comments

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USA-User

level
10

Good

6 years ago.

Even though it may be the most powerful CPU in the market, it's not worth it for gaming―unless you want to stream and video render. This CPU will dominate any workstation load, but its single-core performance is much slower than an i7-8700k, i5-8600k, and i3-8350k. So, in a nutshell, this CPU is only meant for hardcore streaming and workstation computers.

Greenscale

level
6

Good

6 years ago.

Out of the HEDT CPUs out there, this i9 7980XE is king of the hill. Boasting a whopping 18 cores and 36 threads, the 7980XE allows users to multitask even in the heaviest multithreaded applications, pushing the bar for what consumer grade processors are capable of to the absolute extreme. That said, extreme performance comes with an extreme price...

OLLIE083

level
2

Excellent

5 years ago.

own it, love it.

MattDillon

level
2

Excellent

3 years ago.

I love this CPU, it's finally affordable and I get to play with it now. So far I have a stable 4.7GHz OC across all 18 cores , and now the fun begins

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Intel BX80673I97980X

Core i9-7980XE

Average Bench: 80.1% (249th of 1463)

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