Intel Core i9-7980XE CPU

Name: Intel Core i9-7980XE
Brand: Intel
SKU: BX80673I97980X
Rating: 5.0 (9 reviews)

Intel Core i9-7980XE 18 Cores LGA2066 BX80673I97980X

★★★★★

(9 reviews)

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	Processor i9-7900X Processor $139.97
	Processor i9-7920X Processor $418.88
	Processor i9-7940X Processor $189.92
	Processor i9-7960X Processor $343.55

Socket LGA 2066
Compatibale with Intel X299 Chipset
18 Cores/36 Threads
Intel Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 up to 4.40GHz
Intel Optanememory ready and support for Intel OptaneSSDs

Specifications Overview

Model	BX80673I97980X
Release Date	September 2017 * First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
Series	Core i9 X-Series Extreme Edition
Core Name	Skylake X
Socket	LGA2066
Integrated Graphics	None
CPU Cores	18
CPU Threads	36
CPU Clock Rate	2600 MHz
CPU Turbo Clock Rate	4400 MHz
TDP	165 W
CPU Cooler included	No
Manufacturing Process	14 nm
Maximum Supported Memory	128 GB
Cache L3	24.75 MB

	Old Name	Current Name	Branding	Data Speed	Port
USB 2.0	USB 2.0	USB 2.0	Hi-Speed USB	480 Mbit/s	diverse
USB 3.0	USB 3.1 Gen 1	USB 3.2 Gen 1x1	SuperSpeed USB	5 Gbit/s	diverse
USB 3.1	USB 3.1 Gen 2	USB 3.2 Gen 2x1	SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps	10 Gbit/s	diverse
USB 3.2	USB 3.2 Gen 2x2	USB 4.0 Gen 2x2	USB4 20Gbps	20 Gbit/s	only USB-C
USB4	USB 4.0 Gen 3x2	USB4 1.0	USB4 40Gbps	40 Gbit/s	only USB-C
USB4v2	USB 4.0 Gen 4	USB4 2.0	USB4 80Gbps	80-120 Gbit/s	only USB-C

Intel Core i9-7980XE Performance comparison with similar Processors

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Intel Core i9-7980XE Performance

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i9-9960X [16C / 32T] (151st)		102%
Intel Core i7-9800X [8C / 16T] (153rd)		102%
Intel Core i9-9920X [12C / 24T] (153rd)		102%
Intel Core i9-9900X [10C / 20T] (153rd)		102%
AMD Ryzen 3 4100 [4C / 8T] (156th)		101%
Intel Core i5-10400F [6C / 12T] (157th)		~
Intel Core i5-10400 [6C / 12T] (157th)		~
Intel Core i3-10100F [4C / 8T] (159th)		~
Intel Core i3-10100 [4C / 8T] (159th)		~
Intel Core i3-8350K [4C / 4T] (161st)		~
Intel Core i9-7980XE [18C / 36T] (162nd)		100%
Intel Core i3-9100 [4C / 4T] (163rd)		99%
Intel Core i3-9100F [4C / 4T] (163rd)		99%
Intel Core i3-10105F [4C / 8T] (165th)		98%
AMD Ryzen 3 3100 [4C / 8T] (166th)		97%
Intel Pentium Gold G6600 [2C / 4T] (167th)		97%
Intel Core i5-7600K [4C / 4T] (167th)		97%
Intel Pentium Gold G6500 [2C / 4T] (169th)		95%
Intel Core i5-9400F [6C / 6T] (170th)		94%
Intel Core i9-9820X [10C / 20T] (171st)		94%
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X [6C / 12T] (172nd)		94%

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Intel Core i9-7980XE Price/Performance Analysis

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core) vs Price

Price-to-Performance Analysis:

Premium pricing: 75.6% below average.
88 products offer better price-to-performance ratio.
Best alternative: Intel Core i5-4590 offers 895.4% better value priced at $40.

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Intel Core i9-7980XE Workstation Performance

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i7-12700K [12C / 20T] (68th)		114%
Intel Core Ultra 5 235 [14C / 14T] (70th)		113%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X [12C / 24T] (71st)		110%
Intel Core i5-13500 [14C / 20T] (72nd)		105%
Intel Core i7-12700F [12C / 20T] (73rd)		104%
Intel Core i7-12700 [12C / 20T] (73rd)		104%
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X [8C / 16T] (75th)		103%
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X [8C / 16T] (76th)		103%
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745 [8C / 16T] (77th)		102%
AMD Ryzen 7 7700 [8C / 16T] (78th)		~
Intel Core i9-7980XE [18C / 36T] (79th)		100%
Intel Core i9-9980XE [18C / 36T] (80th)		97%
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT [12C / 24T] (81st)		94%
AMD Ryzen 7 8700F [8C / 16T] (82nd)		92%
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G [8C / 16T] (82nd)		92%
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X [16C / 32T] (84th)		91%
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X [12C / 24T] (85th)		90%
Intel Core i5-14400F [10C / 16T] (86th)		88%
Intel Core i5-14400 [10C / 16T] (86th)		88%
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D [8C / 16T] (88th)		87%
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X [6C / 12T] (89th)		87%

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Intel Core i9-7980XE Price/Performance Analysis

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core) vs Price

Price-to-Performance Analysis:

Premium pricing: 45.5% below average.
67 products offer better price-to-performance ratio.
Best alternative: Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF offers 313.4% better value priced at $170.

Expert reviews

Ultimately, the Core i9-7980XE will be useful to professionals whose cash might be well spent on a CPU of this calibre to cut processing times and save money, or for those that simply must have the best and are willing to pay the premium. The fact that you can get some or all cores to well over 4GHz as a minimum too means that it's also a much b...

Bit Tech

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Intel set out to recapture the performance lead for the high-end desktop consumer market and they were able to do that in some the multi-threaded benchmarks in our test suite. The Core i9-7980XE didn’t capture all the top spots though and that hurts when the Threadripper 1950X from AMD is $1000 less.

LegitReviews

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Our advice is simple enough. Digital content creators and users coming from older workstations who genuinely need supreme single-socket performance and have the means to pay for it need to look no further. For everyone else, far better value can be had elsewhere in the Intel and AMD CPU stacks of 2017.

Hexus

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