Intel Core i9-9980XE
Intel Core i9-9980XE: 18-core 9th‑Gen Core X (LGA2066) HEDT CPU for X299, released Nov 13, 2018; unlocked, no iGPU; discontinued with last ship July 9, 2021.
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Product overview
Released on November 13, 2018, the Core i9-9980XE is part of Intel’s 9th‑Gen Core X‑series (Skylake‑X Refresh) for the LGA2066/X299 platform. It offers 18 cores/36 threads at 3.0 GHz base with up to 4.5 GHz via Turbo Boost Max 3.0, quad‑channel DDR4‑2666 support, and 44 PCIe 3.0 lanes.
Positioned for the enthusiast HEDT segment, it exists to speed heavily threaded creator workloads on X299 boards. It’s well‑suited to 3D rendering, video editing, and streaming/production; there’s no integrated graphics and the 165 W TDP demands robust cooling. The series is discontinued: last orders were January 22, 2021 with final shipments by July 9, 2021.
- 3D rendering
- video editing
- streaming
- office/productivity
Product highlights
- 18 Cores/36 Threads
- 3.00 GHz up to 4.40 GHz Max Turbo Frequency/24.75 MB Cache
- Quad DDR4-2666 Memory channels
- Compatible only with Motherboards based on Intel x299 chipsets
- Intel Optane Memory supported
- No ECC Memory Supported
Specifications
- Cores
- 18
- Threads
- 36
- Base clock
- 3 GHZ
- Boost clock
- 4.5 GHZ
- TDP
- 165 W
- Cache
- 24.75 MB
- Bus Speed
- 8 GT/s
- Max Memory Size
- 128 GB
- ECC Support
- No
- Hyper Threading
- Yes
- Turbo Boost
- Yes
- Socket
- FCLGA2066
- Memory
- DDR4
- Ram Speed
- 2666 MHz
- Processor Generation
- 9
