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Check specs, price, and value across parts.
Bottleneck Calculator
Measure CPU and GPU balance before you buy.
Power Calculator
Estimate wattage and PSU headroom.
Will It Run?
Test your hardware against popular games.
Smart Wizard
Get a complete build plan based on budget and goals.
Build Comparison
Compare complete builds side by side.
Part Comparison
Check specs, price, and value across parts.
Bottleneck Calculator
Measure CPU and GPU balance before you buy.
Power Calculator
Estimate wattage and PSU headroom.
Will It Run?
Test your hardware against popular games.
Intel
Detailed architecture, platform, memory, and feature data for this CPU.
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About This Product
The Intel Core i9-10980XE is an 18-core, 36-thread desktop CPU from the Cascade Lake-X series, designed for high-end workstations and enthusiasts. With a base clock of 3.0 GHz and a boost clock of 4.8 GHz, it offers strong multi-threaded performance for tasks like video editing, 3D rendering, and scientific computing. At its current price, it competes with newer mainstream CPUs that may offer better single-core performance and power efficiency, but fewer cores.
Verdict
βBest for users needing many cores for professional workloads on a budget.β
Performance Benchmarks
Scores are grouped by benchmark family so it is easy to compare raw speed, threaded output, and real-world value without mixing scales.
Render Workloads
Next-Gen Scale
Large Sample Pool
Value & Efficiency
These derived metrics use Cinebench R23 multi-core performance to keep the value calculation consistent across the catalog.
Performance per Watt
147.3 pts/W
Performance per Dollar
47.8 pts/$
Gaming Performance
These results come from real submitted gameplay sessions, so the reference GPU matters as much as the CPU itself.
Reference GPU
Diablo 4
Mixed player settings
60 FPS
Smooth
Reference GPU
WWE 2K23
Mixed player settings
46 FPS
Playable
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