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Bottleneck Calculator
Measure CPU and GPU balance before you buy.
Power Calculator
Estimate wattage and PSU headroom.
Will It Run?
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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
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Will It Run?
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About This Product
The Intel Core i9-7980XE is an 18-core, 36-thread desktop CPU from the Skylake-X generation, released in 2017. With a base clock of 2.6 GHz and a boost of 4.4 GHz, it offers strong multi-threaded performance suitable for professional content creation and workstation tasks. While its core count remains competitive, its single-core performance and power efficiency are surpassed by newer architectures in its current price range.
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
170.9 pts/W
Performance per Dollar
63.2 pts/$
Gaming Performance
These results come from real submitted gameplay sessions, so the reference GPU matters as much as the CPU itself.
Reference GPU
World of Warcraft
Mixed player settings
79 FPS
Smooth
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