Intel Core i9-10980XE Cinebench R20 - Multi-Threaded

Enthusiast Desktop processor released in 2019 with 18 cores and 36 threads. With base clock at 3GHz, max speed at 4.8GHz, and a 165W power rating. Core i9-10980XE is based on the Cascade Lake-X 14nm family and part of the Core i9 series.
Price 57%
Speed 75%
Productivity 68%
Gaming 89%

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Rendering tests are a long-time favorite of reviewers and benchmarkers, as the code used by rendering packages is usually highly optimized to squeeze every little bit of performance out. Sometimes rendering programs end up being heavily memory dependent as well - when you have that many threads flying about with a ton of data, having low latency memory can be key to everything. Here we take a few of the usual rendering packages under Windows 10, as well as a few new interesting benchmarks.

Intel Core i9-10980XE Cinebench R20

Cinebench R20 - Multi-Threaded
Core i9-10980XE Cinebench R20 - Multi-Threaded Performance

The Core i9-10980XE sits between Ryzen 9 3950X and Ryzen 9 7900X. It is 3.4% lower than the Ryzen 9 3950X while being 5.4% higher than the Ryzen 9 7900X. The Core i9-10980XE's performance earns it the 5th place. Overall, the Core i9-10980XE is a very good performer with its 18-cores and 36-threads in this benchmark.

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Critics Reviews

The Core i9-10980XE slots in with 18 cores at 3.0GHz and a TDP of 165W. It also has a slightly improved Turbo Boost 2.0 frequency of 4.6GHz and 4.8GHz with Turbo Boost 3.0.
The Intel Core i9-10980XE has a very impressive power consumption, despite being such a powerful processor. In fact, the Intel Core i9-10980XE saw the same peak power draw as the i9-9900K when ...
The Core i9-10980XE takes Intel pricing in a new direction—down. While the two previous 18-core CPUs were released at $1,999, Intel will be shipping this new generation at $1,000.
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Intel's Core i9-10980XE will retail for around $1000 compared to around $2000 for its predecessor. Antony Leather. The predecessor to the Core i9-10980XE is the Core i9-9980XE.Both are 18-core 36 ...
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Intel's Core i9-10980XE excels at single-threaded workloads due to its aggressive 4.8 GHz boost clock, so it takes the lead over the AMD processors in the LAME benchmark at stock settings.