Testseek.co.uk have collected 65 expert reviews of the Intel Core i9 10980XE 3.0GHz Socket 2066 and the average rating is 77%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Intel Core i9 10980XE 3.0GHz Socket 2066.
November 2019
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Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
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The editors liked
Solid multi-core performance
Best-ever Intel pricing
Decent all-core OC
Predictable performance
Excellent overall performance
Wide-range of CPU coolers available
Ideal for content creators
Plenty of motherboards to choose from
Low power consumption compared to AMD HEDT
Reasonably priced
Easy to overclock
Excellent performance
Lots of new features
Low power consumption
Superb overclocking potential
Massive price reduction from 9000-series makes pricing more reasonable
Frequency improvement versus last gen for lightly threaded tasks
Strong frequency up to four cores loaded
Especially for HEDT
Superb overclocking headroom based on our sample
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The editors didn't like
No longer the HEDT champ
Power-hungry compared to 3950X
Hammered by 3rd Gen TR
Ageing motherboard support
Platform lacks new/innovative features
Not as many cores/threads as Threadripper rivals
A little pricey
Power consumption is high
And efficiency is low compared to Zen 2 parts
Inferior performance to AMD's Threadripper 3000 HEDT processors (albeit at lower cost)
The X299 platform is starting to show its age against AMD's better X570 and TRX40 options
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Abstract: Intel's new 18-core Core i9-10980XE isn't reaching for the stars. It's reaching for the middle. Squeezed by AMD's consumer 16-core Ryzen 9 3950X on one end, and the 32-core Ryzen Threadripper 3970X on the other, it can't win on raw performance. But with I...
The Intel Core i9-10980XE is a powerful desktop processor since it has 18-cores and 36-threads at respectable clock speeds. Priced at $979 it is also more affordable that most all of the flagship Xtreme Edition processors in recent years. Despite a hefty...
Published: 2019-11-25, Author: Tom , review by: overclock3d.net
Abstract: It can't have escaped your attention that Intel have retaliated to the release of the 3rd Generation Ryzen Threadripper CPUs with the latest entrant into their X series of processors with the Intel Core i9-10980XE. This is an update of the Core i9-9980X...
The Core i9 10980XE leaves a rock-solid impression. Most vulnerabilities will have been patched at the hardware level and the performance certainly is there. Intel's biggest trump card is that they slashed the prices in half, but still is struggling again...
Published: 2019-11-25, Author: Michael , review by: phoronix.com
Of 96 benchmarks ran for this article, the Core i9 10980XE managed to come in first place 55% of the time to the Threadripper 2990WX in first 37% of the time.With the 96 benchmarks, the Core i9 10980XE delivered about ~9% higher performance over the more...
Published: 2019-11-25, Author: William , review by: servethehome.com
Let us get practical for a moment. There are segments of the market that heavily rely upon Intel's features such as AVX-512 or VNNI (DL Boost) for software. There are pieces of software that will only be certified on Intel CPUs. For some people, AMD is si...
Published: 2019-11-21, Author: Marco , review by: hothardware.com
Abstract: Intel officially took the wraps off of its upcoming Cascade Lake-X based HEDT processors back in early October, revealed its updated pricing strategy, and the new features coming to its flagship desktop processor line-up. If you missed the original announ...
Abstract: Today we will take a look at Intel's i9-10980XE, which is the replacement part for Intel's 9980XE, but at less than half the cost. The CPU has the same TDP but also offers higher Turbo clocks. As the flagship of Intel's consumer series CPUs, the CPU is th...
