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Intel Core i9-9980XE vs Intel Xeon CPU Max 9480

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
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At a glance

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FamilyIntel Core i9 (81)Intel Xeon CPU Max (5)
CPU groupIntel Core i 9000X (8)Intel Xeon CPU Max 9000 (5)
ArchitectureSkylake X RefreshSapphire Rapids
Technology14 nm10 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 2066LGA 4677
PredecessorIntel Core i9-7980XE
SuccessorIntel Core i9-10980XE

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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CPU Cores / Threads18 / 3656 / 112
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 18x 56x
Frequency: 3.00 GHz 1.90 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.50 GHz 3.50 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 4.00 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache25.00 MB112.50 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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GPU nameno iGPUno iGPU
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Technology
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NPU AI performance

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AI hardware
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NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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MemoryDDR4-2666 (85.4 GB/s)
DDR5-4800 (307.2 GB/s)
DDR5-4400 (281.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory128 GB4096 GB
Memory channels48
ECCNoYes
PCIe3.0 x 485.0 x 80
PCIe Bandwidth47.3 GB/s315.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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TDP165 W350 W
TDP (PL2)
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T. junction max.84 °C

Technical details

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Chip designMonolithicChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, Windows 11, LinuxWindows, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
Release dateQ4/2018Q1/2023
Release price1979 $12980 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i9-9980XE
Intel Core i9-9980XE
18C / 36T · 3.00 - 4.50 GHz
Intel Xeon CPU Max 9480
Intel Xeon CPU Max 9480
56C / 112T · 1.90 - 3.50 GHz

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