Cascade lake

Intel wants to be very aggressive with its prices when the new 10th generation Core X (Cascade Lake-X) processors hit the shelves. In a report via Videocardz , a price list for its processors appears to have been leaked with some very interesting numbers. Let's go over them.

10th Generation Core X Price Table (Cascade Lake-X)

	Cores / Threads	Clock Base	Max Boost Clock	TDP	Price (x1000U)
Core i9-10980XE	18/36	3.0GHz	4.8GHz	165W	979 USD
Core i9-10940XE	14/28	3.3GHz	4.8GHz	165W	784 USD
Core i9-10920XE	12/24	3.5GHz	4.8GHz	165W	689 USD
Core i9-10900XE	10/20	3.7GHz	4.7GHz	165W	590 USD

In this (unofficial) price list the expected 18-core Core i9-10980XE sits at 'just' $ 979 (unit price of 1, 000). This is staggeringly low considering its current equivalent, the Core i9-9980XE retails for around $ 2, 000, however there is a very good reason to make this move, AMD's Ryzen 9 3950X.

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The new HEDT CPU range will not offer a higher number of cores than its predecessors, but will have slightly higher clock speeds. The main benefit will be the drastic reduction in prices with a range of up to 2.09 times the relative performance per dollar compared to Skylake-X CPUs, such as the Core i9-7980XE. The problem with Intel is that the Ryzen 9 3950X is going to have higher frequencies and more cores than any other third-generation Ryzen CPU (16 cores), in addition to matching or improving Intel's core-to-core options in multithreaded testing. This chip sells for $ 749, which made the i9-9980XE look extremely expensive.

We hope that we will soon receive confirmed prices and specifications. While this information is a 'rumor' or 'leak' at the moment, with the precautions of the case, prices are more or less in line with what I would expect from Intel if it had the Ryzen 9 3950X to do a lot of damage in the HEDT segment. We will keep you informed

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