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.
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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
Published: 2018-05-06, Author: Peter , review by: eteknix.com
I can see the Ryzen 5 2600 and the 2600X fast becoming the most popular chips of the second generation Ryzen launch. They're fast, they're affordable, and they're easy to keep cool and overclock. I mean, if you're just doing a massive amount of rendering...
Abstract: It's one of the greatest questions of our time: AMD or Intel? Today, that rivalry has entered a new stage of Cinebench taunting as AMD's 2000-series Threadripper processors, commonly known as Threadripper 2, come to market to compete against Intel...
Which processor now offers the most bang of your buck varies per price segment. If you have a very small budget, in our opinion it is best to find an Intel Pentium G4560, which, given its higher availability, is less of a challenge than it was a few month...
Which processor now offers the most bang of your buck varies per price segment. If you have a very small budget, in our opinion it is best to find an Intel Pentium G4560, which, given its higher availability, is less of a challenge than it was a few month...
Abstract: It's one of the greatest questions of our time: AMD or Intel? Today, that rivalry has entered a new stage of Cinebench taunting as AMD's 2000-series Threadripper processors, commonly known as Threadripper 2, come to market to compete against Intel's Skylake-X series...
Published: 2017-10-20, Author: James , review by: kitguru.net
Best single-socket CPU power on the market with most applications, Best modelling performance with most applications, Best GPGPU performance (when configured optimally)
Expensive overall system price – £1,200 more than AMD-AMD option, NVIDIA GeForce graphics not validated for professional applications, Behind AMD option for video editing with Adobe applications, Price: £5,754.00 inc VAT (Buy from Armari HERE), Discuss on
On the face of it, this head-to-head would appear to be a relatively clear win for the Intel and NVIDIA-based Armari Magnetar S18X-RD850G2 over the all-AMD Armari Magnetar S16T-RW850G2. But look a little more closely and the result is nowhere near as obvi...
Not entirely unexpected, but Intel is back in the lead in most multi-threaded CPU-benchmarks. It would be difficult for them not to be: the Core i9 7980XE with 18-cores has two cores more compared with AMD's top model Threadripper 1950X. Aside from that...
Exceptional performance, Single-core results are incredible, Mature chipset and platform
Price, price, price, Monstrous overclocking power draw, Still no soldering between dies and heatsink
So then, the big one. The price. $1,999 (about £1,480, AU$2,510) for a processor is nothing short of insane. Intel needed to come out swinging with this one, especially given just how cost-effective Threadripper is in contrast. You are also losing out on...
Published: 2017-09-25, Author: Peter , review by: eteknix.com
The fastest CPU we’ve ever tested, by a significant margin, Extremely easy to overclock, Huge core and thread count, A must-have for content creators, Great for work and gaming,
Requires seriously powerful CPU coolers, Extremely high power requirements, Neutral, Hot and power hungry it may be, but it does turn out some big performance figures, Expensive, but you do get a lot for your money, “While the cost, the power requirements
If you have to ask, then likely not. This is not a cheap processor and for those planning a gaming system, it's complete overkill. If you're building a workstation, rendering rig, or plan to do game streaming with extreme resolutions and graphics, then it...
Class-leading performance, Out of the park when OC'd, Decent wattage efficiency at stock, Solid upgrade path on X299
$1,999, Wattage spirals when OC'd
The high-end desktop CPU space has become far more interesting this year. AMD has brought massive multi-core processing to the table in the form of the Ryzen Threadripper trio of CPUs, headlined by a 16-core, 32-thread part known as the 1950X.Intel's...