Intel Core i9 9980XE vs AMD Athlon Silver 10
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2018
Oct 2025
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
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Core Architecture
Skylake
Mendocino
Processor Number
i9-9980XE
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Integrated Graphics
N/A
Radeon 610M
Generation
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Athlon (Zen 2 (Mendocino))
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
6 nm
Socket
LGA-2066
AMD Socket FT6
Power Consumption
165 W
15 W
Peak Operating Temperature
84°C
95°C
Foundry
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TSMC
Die Size
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100 mm²
Package
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FT6
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
18
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Performance Core Threads
36
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Performance Core Base Frequency
3.0 GHz
2.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.4 GHz
3.5 GHz
Total Core Count
18
2
Total Thread Count
36
2
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
30x
24.0
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 KB per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
512 KB per core
L3 Cache
25 MB shared
2 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
SMP
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1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
LPDDR5-5500
Max Memory Size
128 GB
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Max Memory Channels
4
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
79.47 GB/s
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ECC Memory Support
No
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
3
PCIe Lanes
44
4
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,114
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Cinebench R23
27,093
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Geekbench 6
1,480
785
Geekbench 5
1,122
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Geekbench 6
11,091
1,377
Geekbench 5
17,154
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Blender
290
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Passmark CPU
2,569
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Passmark CPU
31,938
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▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.