Intel Announces Core i9-7980xe and Core i9 Processors

Intel has expanded its line of top-of-the-line processors for PCs with the announcement of the new Core i9-7980XE and Core i9-7960X models that are part of the Skylake-X family that has been designed to offer users the best possible performance.

Core i9-7980XE and Core i9-7960X now available

First we have the Core i9-7960X which is made up of 16 cores and 32 threads and next we have the top of the range model, the Core i9-7980XE with an impressive configuration of 18 cores and 36 threads of processing that work at a speed of 2.6 GHz which can go up to a maximum of 4.4 GHz under turbo mode. The latter's features are completed with 24.75 MB of L3 cache and 18 MB of L2 cache to offer the best possible performance.

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Despite its huge number of cores, the TDP of the Core i9-7980XE remains at 165W, below the 180W of AMD's Threadripper processors, which speaks highly of the great energy efficiency that Intel has achieved with its microarchitecture Skylake-X. As for the Core i9-7960X, its frequencies are 2.8 GHz in base mode and a maximum of 4.4 GHz under turbo.

Their prices are $ 1, 699 and $ 1, 999 respectively.

Source: techpowerup