Early benchmarks results for Intel’s i9-7980XE have leaked online
Early benchmarks results for Intel’s i9-7980XE have leaked online
This CPU will act as Intel’s answer to AMD’s Ryzen Threadripper 1950X, offering faster turbo clock speeds/maximum single-threaded performance and a higher core count than AMD’s flagship. The downside here is that Intel’s offering comes with a significantly higher price, though this extra cost could be worthwhile depending on your use case.Â
The specifications of Intel’s whole X299 CPU lineup is listed below, alongside the expected UK pricing for each CPU.Â
 | Archtecture | Process | Cores/Threads | Base | Boost 2.0 | Boost 3.0 | L3 Cache | PCIe lanes | TDP | Price |
Core i9 7980XE | Skylake-X | 14nm | 18/36 | 2.6GHz | 4.2GHz | 4.4GHz | 24.75MB | 44 | 165W | £1799 |
Core i9 7960X | 16/32 | 2.8GHz | 4.2GHz | 4.4GHz | 22MB | 44 | 165W | £1589 | ||
Core i9 7940X | 14/28 | 3.1GHz | 4.3GHz | 4.4GHz | 19.25MB | 44 | 165W | £1319 | ||
Core i9 7920X | 12/24 | 2.9GHz | 4.3GHz | 4.4GHz | 16.5MB | 44 | 140W | £1099 | ||
Core i9 7900X | 10/20 | 3.3GHz | 4.3GHz | 4.5GHz | 13.75MB | 44 | 140W | £839 | ||
Core i7 7820X | 8/16 | 3.6GHz | 4.3GHz | 4.5GHz | 11MB | 28 | 140W | £499 | ||
Core i7 7800X | 6/12 | 3.5GHz | 4.0GHz | N/A | 8.25MB | 28 | 140W | £349 | ||
Core i7 7740X | Kaby Lake-X | 4/8 | 4.3GHz | 4.5GHz | N/A | 8MB | 16 | 112W | £279 | |
Core i5 7640X | 4/4 | 4.0GHz | 4.2GHz | N/A | 6MB | 16 | 112W | £199 |
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When using certain benchmarks Coolenjoy found that the CPU was running with all-core clock speeds of 4.2GHz, which is likely due to customised clock speed profiles that are used by ASUS’ X299 Apex motherboard.Â
This means that in many of these test that Intel’s CPU is running at clock speeds that are ahead of Intel’s listed “stock clock speeds”, though this is due to motherboard characteristics rather than traditional/custom overclocking. This results in benchmark results that are higher than they should be. In these tests, the only bios option that has been changed is XMP options to run the system’s memory at its rated speeds.Â
Below are Coolenjoy’s benchmark results (Here is a link to their comparison charts)
wPrime 2.1
– 32M – 2.111s
– 1024M – 41.023s
CPU-Z benchmark
– single core – 526
– multi-core – 11323
7-Zip
– 102681 MIPS
Cinebench R15
– Single-threaded – 196
– Multi-Threaded – 4204
3DMARK Fire Strike (Physics Score)
– 32201
You can join the discussion on these early i9-7980XE performance results on the OC3D Forums.Â
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