Intel Core i9-7980XE Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Core i9-7980XE is a 18 core processor. It can handle 36 threads simultaneously and was introduced in Q4/2017. The Intel Core i9-7980XE is based on the 7. generation of the Intel Core i9 series and requires a mainboard with the socket LGA 2066. The Intel Core i9-7980XE scores 1,121 points with one CPU core in the Geekbench 5 benchmark. When using all CPU cores, the result is 16,495 points.
Intel Core i9-7980XE

CPU lineage

Here you can see which group the Intel Core i9-7980XE belongs to and which processor is the predecessor of the Intel Core i9-7980XE.

Name: Intel Core i9-7980XE
Family: Intel Core i9 (78)
CPU group: Intel Core i 7000X (9)
Architecture: Skylake X
Segment: Desktop / Server
Generation: 7
Predecessor: --
Successor: Intel Core i9-9980XE

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The 18 CPU cores of the Intel Core i9-7980XE clock with 2.60 GHz (4.20 GHz). The number of CPU cores and the clock frequency of the processor are largely responsible for the overall performance.

CPU Cores / Threads: 18 / 36
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 18x
Hyperthreading / SMT: Yes
Overclocking: Yes
Frequency: 2.60 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): 4.20 GHz
Turbo Frequency (18 Cores): 3.50 GHz

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i9-7980XE supports up to 128 GB memory in up to 4 (Quad Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum memory bandwidth of 85.4 GB/s.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
DDR4-2666
85.4 GB/s
Max. Memory: 128 GB
Memory channels: 4 (Quad Channel)
ECC: No
PCIe: 3.0 x 44
PCIe Bandwidth: 43.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

With the TDP, the processor manufacturer specifies the cooling solution required for the processor. The Intel Core i9-7980XE has a TDP of 165 W.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 165 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: --

Technical details

The Intel Core i9-7980XE has a 25.00 MB large cache. The processor is manufactured in 14 nm. Modern production increases the efficiency of the processor.

Technology: 14 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: LGA 2066
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: 25.00 MB
AES-NI: Yes
Operating systems: Windows 10, Linux
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
Release date: Q4/2017
Release price: 1999 $
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i9-7980XE have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.


Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X
64C 128T @ 4.30 GHz
1284
Intel Core i9-9900 Intel Core i9-9900
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
1284
Intel Core i9-10885H Intel Core i9-10885H
8C 16T @ 5.30 GHz
1283
Intel Core i9-7980XE Intel Core i9-7980XE
18C 36T @ 4.20 GHz
1281
AMD Ryzen 9 3900 AMD Ryzen 9 3900
12C 24T @ 4.30 GHz
1281
AMD Ryzen 9 4900U AMD Ryzen 9 4900U
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
1279
AMD EPYC 7453 AMD EPYC 7453
28C 56T @ 3.45 GHz
1277

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
16C 32T @ 4.20 GHz
28577
Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)
24C 24T @ 3.50 GHz
28570
Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
24C 24T @ 3.50 GHz
28570
Intel Core i9-7980XE Intel Core i9-7980XE
18C 36T @ 3.50 GHz
28196
Intel Xeon W-3275 Intel Xeon W-3275
28C 56T @ 3.40 GHz
28051
Intel Xeon W-3275M Intel Xeon W-3275M
28C 56T @ 3.40 GHz
28051
Intel Core i9-12900KS Intel Core i9-12900KS
16C 24T @ 5.20 GHz
27796

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i9-8950HK Intel Core i9-8950HK
6C 12T @ 4.80 GHz
1124
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+ Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+
8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
1123
AMD Ryzen 7 4700S AMD Ryzen 7 4700S
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
1122
Intel Core i9-7980XE Intel Core i9-7980XE
18C 36T @ 4.20 GHz
1121
Intel Core i9-9820X Intel Core i9-9820X
10C 20T @ 4.20 GHz
1121
Intel Core i9-7960X Intel Core i9-7960X
16C 32T @ 4.20 GHz
1121
Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5 Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
1121

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i7-13700 Intel Core i7-13700
16C 24T @ 5.10 GHz
16633
Intel Core i7-13700F Intel Core i7-13700F
16C 24T @ 5.10 GHz
16633
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
16C 32T @ 4.20 GHz
16606
Intel Core i9-7980XE Intel Core i9-7980XE
18C 36T @ 3.50 GHz
16495
Intel Xeon Platinum 8160 Intel Xeon Platinum 8160
24C 48T @ 2.60 GHz
16458
Intel Xeon Gold 6254 Intel Xeon Gold 6254
18C 36T @ 3.50 GHz
16429
Intel Xeon Gold 6210U Intel Xeon Gold 6210U
20C 40T @ 2.50 GHz
16392

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Core i5-8600 Intel Core i5-8600
6C 6T @ 4.20 GHz
1402
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
1402
Intel Xeon W-3265M Intel Xeon W-3265M
24C 48T @ 4.60 GHz
1396
Intel Core i9-7980XE Intel Core i9-7980XE
18C 36T @ 4.20 GHz
1394
Intel Core i9-9820X Intel Core i9-9820X
10C 20T @ 4.20 GHz
1394
Intel Core i3-9100F Intel Core i3-9100F
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
1394
Intel Core i3-9100 Intel Core i3-9100
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
1394

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Core i9-7960X Intel Core i9-7960X
16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz
11810
Intel Xeon W-3245M Intel Xeon W-3245M
16C 32T @ 4.00 GHz
11766
Intel Core i9-10940X Intel Core i9-10940X
14C 28T @ 4.20 GHz
11762
Intel Core i9-7980XE Intel Core i9-7980XE
18C 36T @ 3.50 GHz
11708
Intel Xeon W-3245 Intel Xeon W-3245
16C 32T @ 4.00 GHz
11698
AMD Ryzen 5 7500F AMD Ryzen 5 7500F
6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz
11655
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
11646

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i7-1065G7 Intel Core i7-1065G7
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
448
Intel Core i3-8350K Intel Core i3-8350K
4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz
447
Intel Core i9-9880H Intel Core i9-9880H
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
447
Intel Core i9-7980XE Intel Core i9-7980XE
18C 36T @ 4.20 GHz
446
AMD EPYC 7F32 AMD EPYC 7F32
8C 16T @ 3.90 GHz
446
AMD EPYC 7F52 AMD EPYC 7F52
16C 32T @ 3.90 GHz
446
Intel Core i3-9100F Intel Core i3-9100F
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
445

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz
7944
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
7845
AMD Ryzen 7 7700 AMD Ryzen 7 7700
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
7739
Intel Core i9-7980XE Intel Core i9-7980XE
18C 36T @ 3.50 GHz
7671
Intel Core i9-9980XE Intel Core i9-9980XE
18C 36T @ 4.00 GHz
7516
AMD EPYC 7601 AMD EPYC 7601
32C 64T @ 2.70 GHz
7445
Intel Xeon W-3245M Intel Xeon W-3245M
16C 32T @ 4.00 GHz
7444

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Core i7-13700T Intel Core i7-13700T
16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz
30640
Intel Xeon Gold 6246R Intel Xeon Gold 6246R
16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz
30472
Intel Core i9-9960X Intel Core i9-9960X
16C 32T @ 4.10 GHz
30355
Intel Core i9-7980XE Intel Core i9-7980XE
18C 36T @ 3.50 GHz
30321
Intel Xeon W-3245 Intel Xeon W-3245
16C 32T @ 4.00 GHz
30307
Intel Xeon W-3265 Intel Xeon W-3265
24C 48T @ 3.60 GHz
30128
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX
24C 48T @ 3.00 GHz
29970

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
32C 64T @ 3.00 GHz
67.7
Intel Core i9-10980XE Intel Core i9-10980XE
18C 36T @ 4.30 GHz
74.9
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX
24C 48T @ 3.00 GHz
75.3
Intel Core i9-7980XE Intel Core i9-7980XE
18C 36T @ 3.50 GHz
77
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
16C 32T @ 4.00 GHz
85.4
Intel Core i9-12900KS Intel Core i9-12900KS
16C 24T @ 5.20 GHz
87
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
16C 32T @ 2.50 GHz
94

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Core i9-12900K Intel Core i9-12900K
16C 24T @ 3.20 GHz
11365
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
16C 32T @ 3.90 GHz
10843
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
16C 32T @ 3.50 GHz
10761
Intel Core i9-7980XE Intel Core i9-7980XE
18C 36T @ 2.60 GHz
10563
Intel Core i9-13900F Intel Core i9-13900F
24C 32T @ 2.00 GHz
10062
Intel Core i9-13900 Intel Core i9-13900
24C 32T @ 2.00 GHz
10062
Intel Core i5-13600KF Intel Core i5-13600KF
14C 20T @ 3.50 GHz
9848

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i7-7700 Intel Core i7-7700
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
186
Intel Xeon E3-1270 v6 Intel Xeon E3-1270 v6
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
186
Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6 Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
186
Intel Core i9-7980XE Intel Core i9-7980XE
18C 36T @ 4.20 GHz
184
Intel Core i7-9750HF Intel Core i7-9750HF
6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz
184
Intel Core i9-9820X Intel Core i9-9820X
10C 20T @ 4.20 GHz
184
Intel Core i7-9750H Intel Core i7-9750H
6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz
184

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon Platinum 8170 Intel Xeon Platinum 8170
26C 52T @ 2.50 GHz
3596
Intel Xeon Platinum 8170M Intel Xeon Platinum 8170M
26C 52T @ 2.50 GHz
3596
Intel Core i7-13700HX Intel Core i7-13700HX
16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz
3531
Intel Core i9-7980XE Intel Core i9-7980XE
18C 36T @ 3.50 GHz
3455
Intel Xeon Platinum 8160 Intel Xeon Platinum 8160
24C 48T @ 2.60 GHz
3444
Intel Xeon Platinum 8160F Intel Xeon Platinum 8160F
24C 48T @ 2.60 GHz
3444
Intel Xeon Platinum 8160M Intel Xeon Platinum 8160M
24C 48T @ 2.60 GHz
3444

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