Testseek.com have collected 144 expert reviews of the Intel Core i9 7980XE 2.6GHz Socket 2066 and the average rating is 81%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Intel Core i9 7980XE 2.6GHz Socket 2066.
October 2017
(81%)
144 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(89%)
313 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
810100144
The editors liked
18 cores
36-threads
Fastest desktop processor we've ever tested
Insane multi-threaded performance
Good temperatures at default speeds
Fastest mainstream consumer chip
18 cores (36 threads) XCC die
Huge overclocking potential
Intel Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 can boost a small number of cores higher
Reasonable power draw and thermals at stock settings
Excellent choice for video e
Most powerful consumer CPU you can buy
36 computing threads for extreme multitasking or very serious video editors
Least-expensive Core X motherboards are cheaper than ones for competing AMD Threadripper platform
Killer Multi-Threaded Performance
Good Power Consumption
Insane Performance When Overclocked
Better Single-Thread Performance Then Ryzen
18
Fastest overall workstation performance available
Especially for compression
The editors didn't like
You'll need a good motherboard for overclocking
Price puts it out of range for many people
Extremely huge price tag
IHS uses thermal paste instead of solder
Some games might not work (Anno 2205)
Not substantially speedier
In many instances
Than AMD's 16-core Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
Which costs half as much
Extremely Expensive
Some Anomalous Benchmark Results
Not much faster than 'lesser' CPUs
Excessive power draw
Esp. when overclocked
Negligible gaming gains vs. i77700K
Terrible value compared to AMD's Threadripper chips. No ECC memory support
Abstract: 【IT168 评测】大家还记得Intel在前段时间推出的酷睿X系列处理器吗?也就是面向HEDT平台的高端处理器，其中就包括10核心至18核心并且首次启用i9命名的处理器，我们之前已经测过10核心的i9-7900X了，现在最最最顶级的18核心 CPU i9-7980XE也来了。赶紧点开视频快速了解吧！...
