Intel's i9 7980XE has been successfully overclocked to 6.1GHz on all 18 cores
The CPU alone consumed over 1000W of power at 6.1GHz
Published: 25th September 2017 | Source: der8auer |
Intel's i9 7980XE has been successfully overclocked to 6.1GHz on all 18 cores
Whenever Intel released a new flagship CPU, most consumers wonder exactly how far the company's premier product can be pushed. To say the least, the CPU is far outside of almost everyone's price range, making the mindboggling performance results from professional overclockers all the more appealing, showing the pinnacle of PC performance on modern desktop platforms.
Using this CPU with a lighter 5.6GHz overclock der8auer achieved scores of 257 and 5635 in Cinebench R15 in its single threaded and multi-threaded tests respectively, easily surpassing any CPU that used traditional cooling methods.
Later der8auer paired this extreme CPU (i9 7980XE @ 5.5GHz) with an LN2 cooled Nvidia Titan Xp GPU (@ 2455MHz on the core) and achieved scores of 45,705 points in 3D Mark 11, 35,782 points in 3DMARK Fire Strike, and 120,425 points in 3D Mark Vantage. These are exceptional results given the fact that only a single CPU and GPU were used.
While not many consumers will even get close to overclocking with liquid nitrogen or even get their hands on a flagship CPU like this is is always interesting to see what happened when hardware enthusiasts push the limits of today's technology.
In the past 5GHz overclocks were world record setters and today they are reasonably common on overclockable Kaby Lake and Kaby Lake-X series CPUs, making us wonder how long it will be until 6GHz becomes common, or when CPU IPC enhancements allow these kinds of performance results be accessed by mainstream PC users. How long will it be until single-threaded Cinebench R15 scores of 250+ become common?
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Also, let's not ignore the fact that the architecture in that CPU is less new than some previous generations of Intel CPUs which begs the questions - "Where were you Intel?" and "Why now?". Ah yes, competition. So, how long would it have been before we saw something like this had AMD not released a CPU which may not beat this in performance but surely does in features, price and hence - value. And you can have two AMD Threadrippers for the price of one 7980XE and two Threadrippers wipe the floor with the 7980XE in performance.
Heck, forget AMD, forget Threadripper. You can have two 18-core/36-thread Intel CPUs on ONE board, overclocked, for less than one 7980XE. That would wipe the floor with the 7980XE in performance as well.
So yes, 7980XE is a jerk reaction and Intel's fear of competition for which it's definitely "shoehorned".Quote
Unless the end user can use a cooling solution 24/7 like custom water for example it means absolutely nothing.
Even if you could overclock a 7980XE to 50 ghz on LN2 it is totally pointless as the average end user will still only get around 4.4 to 4.6 on water.Quote
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Originally Posted by Kaapstad
I really find these LN2 articles a bit pointless as they mean very little.
Unless the end user can use a cooling solution 24/7 like custom water for example it means absolutely nothing. Even if you could overclock a 7980XE to 50 ghz on LN2 it is totally pointless as the average end user will still only get around 4.4 to 4.6 on water. |
You forget it's about having fun.
Kinda like this.
It's just for world records... Who cares about the average user? It's a world record! It's a fun hobby.
I'd also wager if they clocked this at 50ghz you'd be impressed.Quote
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Over 1kw is insane lolQuote