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Intel Core i5-6442EQ vs Intel Core i9-9980XE

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 62 %
Intel Core i5-6442EQ
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i9-9980XE
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 14 %
Intel Core i5-6442EQ
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i9-9980XE
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-6442EQ
4C / 4T · 2.70 GHz
724
Intel Core i9-9980XE
18C / 36T · 4.50 GHz
1,174
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-6442EQ
4C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
2,207
Intel Core i9-9980XE
18C / 36T · 4.00 GHz
15,725
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-6442EQ
4C / 4T · 2.70 GHz
111 cb
Intel Core i9-9980XE
18C / 36T · 4.50 GHz
201 cb
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-6442EQ
4C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
422 cb
Intel Core i9-9980XE
18C / 36T · 4.00 GHz
3,240 cb

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At a glance

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Intel Core i5-6442EQIntel Core i9-9980XE
FamilyIntel Core i5 (336)Intel Core i9 (81)
CPU groupIntel Core i 6000H (15)Intel Core i 9000X (8)
ArchitectureSkylake HSkylake X Refresh
Technology14 nm14 nm
SegmentNotebookDesktop
SocketBGA 1440LGA 2066
PredecessorIntel Core i9-7980XE
SuccessorIntel Core i5-7442EQIntel Core i9-10980XE

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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CPU Cores / Threads4 / 418 / 36
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 18x
Frequency: 1.90 GHz 3.00 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 2.70 GHz 4.50 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 2.40 GHz 4.00 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache6.00 MB25.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 530no iGPU
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.00 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 192 /
Raytracing
Max. displays3
Max. GPU Memory32 GB
Technology14 nm
Release dateQ3/2015

NPU AI performance

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AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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MemoryDDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
LPDDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)
DDR4-2666 (85.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory64 GB128 GB
Memory channels24
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 163.0 x 48
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s47.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

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TDP25 W165 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.84 °C

Technical details

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Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
Release dateQ4/2015Q4/2018
Release price1979 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i5-6442EQ
Intel Core i5-6442EQ
4C / 4T · 1.90 - 2.70 GHz
Intel Core i9-9980XE
Intel Core i9-9980XE
18C / 36T · 3.00 - 4.50 GHz

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