Intel® Core™ i9-9980XE Extreme Edition Processor
24.75M Cache, up to 4.50 GHz
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Expert reviews
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05/08/2019
SummaryWe recently updated our Linux testing suite a wee bit, making minor changes, but at the expense of dropping all single-threaded benchmarks – by accident. We hadn't thought much about every single set of results being hugely optimized for core counts, whic...
techgage.com -
12/14/2018
SummaryRegardless of what your budget is, there's a CPU that can meet your needs without emptying your bank account. Faster and more efficient CPUs are released every year, so there's no reason to pay for more than what you really need. But if you're an avid gam...
benchmarkreviews.comConsPrice. Limited value for money, Conclusion
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12/02/2018
SummaryAs we said in our introduction, in the past the concept of a new flagship Intel processor was always so much better than anything that had come before and anything that was available from AMD in their wilderness years that it topped all of our graphs, dro...
overclock3d.net -
11/20/2018
SummaryUsers (and investors) always want to see a year-on-year increase in performance in the products being offered. For those on the leading edge, where every little counts, dropping $2k on a new processor is nothing if it can be used to its fullest. For those...
anandtech.com -
11/13/2018
SummaryWe see the i9-9980XE as serving two primary audiences while failing a third.We'll start with the negative For the overclocking enthusiast who might enjoy OCing under reasonable cooling solutions, we'd still recommend the i9-7980XE over the 9980XE, but on...
gamersnexus.net -
11/13/2018
SummaryAt a healthy price tag of $1,979, the Intel Core i9-9980XE is reserved for those looking for as many cores as they can get into a single desktop PC to increase productivity. The 9980XE feels like a decent refinement of last year's 7980XE as we were gettin...
legitreviews.com -
11/13/2018
SummaryNow we are rounding out 2018 with new products for the last remaining platform that hasn't seen a refresh this year, Intel's Core X-series of processors, namely the Intel Core i9-9980XE.Join us, as we talk about Intel's new 9th-generation Core X-ser...
pcper.com -
11/13/2018
SummaryLet's summarize the reams of data on the preceding pages using one of our infamous scatter plots. To more accurately represent each chip's price-to-performance ratio, we used real-world pricing data from Newegg where it was available and manufacturers' s...
Techreport.com -
11/13/2018
SummaryIntel's Core i9-9980XE offers flagship-class performance to a wide range of workloads thanks to 18 cores and aggressive Turbo Boost frequencies. You'll pay dearly for the privilege of owning one, though. Expect to budget extra for a high-end motherboard...
tomshardware.comProsBalanced performance in single- and multi-threaded workloads, Improved Turbo Boost frequencies,
ConsToo expensive compared to the competition, High power consumption, Thermal output requires capable cooling solution
Retail prices reported as of 08 Dec 2022 23:32:42 GMT