Intel Core i9 10980XE vs Intel Xeon 6990E+
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2019
May 2026
Manufacturer
Intel
Intel
Type
Desktop
Server
Instruction Set
x86-64
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Core Architecture
Cascade Lake
Clearwater Forest
Processor Number
i9-10980XE
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Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Generation
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Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest-SP)
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
3 nm
Socket
LGA-2066
Intel Socket 7529
Power Consumption
165 W
450 W
Peak Operating Temperature
86 °C
98°C
Foundry
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Intel
I/O Process Size
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10 nm
I/O Die Size
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2x 241
Package
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FC-LGA18N
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
18
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Performance Core Threads
36
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Performance Core Base Frequency
3.0 GHz
2.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.6 GHz
3.2 GHz
Total Core Count
18
288
Total Thread Count
36
288
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
30x
22.0
L1 Cache
64 K per core
96 KB per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
4 MB per module
L3 Cache
25 MB shared
576 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
SMP
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2
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2933
DDR5-8000
Max Memory Size
256 GB
1.5 TB
Max Memory Channels
4
12
Max Memory Bandwidth
93.8 GB/s
768.0 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
5
PCIe Lanes
48
96
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,063
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Cinebench R23
24,899
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Geekbench 6
1,523
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Geekbench 6
11,069
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Blender
346
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Passmark CPU
2,646
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Passmark CPU
32,881
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.