Intel Core i9 9980XE vs AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2018
Jun 2025
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Zen 5 (Strix Point)
Processor Number
i9-9980XE
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Integrated Graphics
N/A
Radeon 890M
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
4 nm
Socket
LGA-2066
FP8
Power Consumption
165 W
15-35 W
Peak Operating Temperature
84°C
100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
18
3
Performance Core Threads
36
6
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.0 GHz
2.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.4 GHz
5 GHz
Total Core Count
18
8
Total Thread Count
36
16
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
30x
20
L1 Cache
64 K per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
25 MB shared
16 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
Efficiency Cores
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5
Efficiency Core Threads
—
10
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
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2.0 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
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3.3 GHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
DDR5-5600,LPDDR5X-8000
Max Memory Size
128 GB
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Max Memory Channels
4
—
Max Memory Bandwidth
79.47 GB/s
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ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
44
16
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
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Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
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true
GPU Base Frequency
—
800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
—
2900 MHz
Shader Units
—
1024
Texture Units
—
64
Raster Operation Units
—
40
Execution Units
—
16
Power Consumption
—
15
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,114
1,953
Cinebench R23
27,093
14,572
Geekbench 6
1,480
2,753
Geekbench 5
1,122
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Geekbench 6
11,091
11,860
Geekbench 5
17,154
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Blender
290
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Passmark CPU
2,569
4,074
Passmark CPU
31,938
24,157
Cinebench 2024
—
113
Cinebench 2024
—
791
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.