guys we're here with another video for another Intel processor launch so this
is the 18 core 36 threaded Core i9-9980XE extreme edition CPU and it's gonna
set you back $2,000 let's be honest this thing is geared
towards a very specific niche so let's cut to the chase and discuss why exactly
this exists in the currency of the market right after this
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that these new 9000 series names with these new high-end CPUs means a
completely new architecture because they're not in fact Intel is still using
the same underlying 14 nanometer static-x design because there hasn't
been a significant or there hasn't been any significant changes from when those
CPUs were launched more than a year ago as a matter of fact Intel is calling
these new CPUs products formerly known as skylake instead of giving them a new
name now right away you can see that the i9 9980XE 9960X, and the 9940X will
be direct replacements for the older generation they come with some frequency
increases optimizations to cache and soldered Tim that's supposed to lower
temperatures oh and they have exactly the same prices I do have to mention
that Intel has revised turbo management on the cpus they're now able to hit
higher sustained clocks for longer periods of time particularly when all
cores are used and that's one of the reasons why the 9980XE base clock has
increased by 400 megahertz just note that the maximum turbo 3.0 rate has only
increased by a hundred megahertz across the board looking at the 9920X and
things start to get in sting it has more smart cash and also
offers a huge 600 megahertz base clock boost versus the 7920X but those
increases come at a cost of higher power consumption pricing remains at $1,200
and guys that's still really expensive when you figure the AMD 2950X goes for
around $900 when we start looking at the other new skylake- processors there's some weird stuff happening with specifications and
pricing but I think that's to make sure that Intel's 9900k has some room the 9900X
keeps the 7900X's thousand dollar price but it gets a ton more cash and a
bit higher clock speeds now the 9820X is a really odd CPU and I have to wonder
why it's even around it has the same 10 core layout as the 9900X but it has lower
clock speeds and cost just $100 less sure it doesn't offer a lot more than
the 7820X and it actually has 44 CPU PCI lanes but what's the use of this
processor I just don't get it the additional PC a capability cores and
cache are awesome but that price is just way too high as usual Intel dangles a
carrot in front of you and then hits you with a stake I actually think the 9800X
is the 7820X is real replacement since it also goes for around $600 but with
the 1900K around on a less expensive platform the only benefit I see here
would be running full-speed dual GPU solutions alright guys so you now know
what the whole new lineup is all about but I have to be a bit critical on how
Intel's approaching this launch you see they sent us this you know $2000
18 core monstrosity instead of sending as the lower tier variants within the
Refresh skylake excellent because I feel like those CPUs are a little bit more
interesting to me personally considering that there's so lower-priced when you
compare to what AMD sample says they send us everything from the 32 core all
the way down to the 12 core variants so that it gives us a full picture on what
AMD is offering for their price and it seems like Intel solely wants us to
focus on their super expensive flagship component and I think that's a huge
mistake because it gives us whole lineup and all priced feel now you might
actually end up buying those other CPUs for more in-depth testing but it just
would have been nice to have the full picture right at launch now before I get
into the bench I want to explain some of the results
you are about to see here we first noticed some odd performance since the
1980s see wasn't hitting Intel's stated frequencies but after updating the Intel
IME and turbo 3.0 drivers the system behaved like we expected let's start
with the 9980XE during a long blender test basically it's hitting a pretty
constant 3.8 gigahertz and remember the base clock here is supposed to be three
gigahertz but there's extra thermal Headroom since
the Noctua Nhu 14s kept temperatures below seventy five degrees Celsius that
meant until turbo technology could bump frequencies while it tried to hit
maximum power input it's pretty cool stuff
now moving on to prime95 and the results here are very different from blender
here the CPU was still around 75 degrees Celsius but it also just had three point
three gigahertz that's because prime also stressed the
cache and memory controllers instead of focusing on just a CPU cores and FPU
units like blender this causes the CPU package to hit its power limit so even
though there's thermal Headroom clock speeds are lower I also ran a quick
single core test and you can see that the turbo boost 3.0 is working exactly
as advertised with clocks at about 4.5 gigahertz pretty often so that's what's
happening behind the scenes guys and I know a lot of you guys in our previous
video mentioned that you wanted to see the full set up so here it is now as
you're watching or as you're going through these benchmarks I do want to
mention that other than the non stock memory speeds we made sure to turn off
all motherboard enhancements during all these tests
so there you guys have it and I have to say the performance increases on the 9980XE
over the 7980XE can be impressive in the right circumstances now the issue
is that the improvements are a bit narrowly focused on multi-core
enhancements so this could potentially be beneficial for professionals who
would like to take advantage of you know who'd like the most amount of cores at
the higher clock speeds but you know for things like gaming and photo editing
it's it's honestly or it's just pretty much impossible for me to recommend the
9980XE or just any skylake-X CPU's at the moment you're actually much better
off investing in a coffee like CPU or even a second-generation Rison processor
the other issue with the 9980XE is that it seems to operate without even
acknowledging the 2950X now I get it that processor has four less threads but
it's $1100 less I'll repeat that it's $1100 cheaper but for those
professionals who need every ounce of multi-tier performance to save time on
renderings or increased productivity the 9980XE may be beneficial but then again
there's also the thirty-two core thread repair 2990WX which also costs less
than this thing and what about power consumption well this CPU is a hungry
boy since Intel's 40 nanometer process is having some issues keeping up with
aim these 12 nanometer technology 344 watts is a lot of juice guys and the
last thing that I want to mention here is pricing because these Intel CPUs
rarely hit the price that they give us right before lunch and the blame for
that can obviously be shared between the retailers and Intel but it's funny how
aimed these products you know the pricing remains consistent with both
reviews and retailers so you know under saying so that's pretty much it guys and
I just want to leave you guys with a little preview on where our journey with
this processor will go next