Intel Core i9-10980XE: CPU Specs and Performance, Benchmarks
The Intel Core i9-10980XE is a 18-core and 36-thread processor configuration with a base clock speed of 3000 MHz. The CPU specifications and performance tests (benchmarks) are listed below.
Performance (Benchmarks)
- Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score
- 1167
- Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score
- 15957
- PassMark CPU Mark Rating
- 33770
- PassMark Single Thread Rating
- 2669
Processor Specs
- Processor
- Intel Core i9-10980XE
- Frequency
- 3000 MHz
- Maximum Frequency
- 4600 MHz
- Cores
- 18
- Threads
- 36
- TDP
- 165 W
- Codename
- Cascade Lake
- Package
- Socket 2066 LGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark
- Single-Core Score
- 1163
- Multi-Core Score
- 17544
- Benchmark
- Geekbench 5.4.1 Corporate for macOS x86 (64-bit)
System Information
- Operating System
- macOS 11.5.1 (Build 20G80)
- Model
- iMacPro1,1
- Model ID
- iMacPro1,1
- Motherboard
- ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. Mac-7BA5B2D9E42DDD94 iMacPro1,1
CPU Specifications
- Name
- Intel Core i9-10980XE
- Topology
- 1 Processor, 18 Cores, 36 Threads
- Identifier
- GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 85 Stepping 7
- Base Frequency
- 3.00 GHz
- L1 Instruction Cache
- 32.0 KB x 18
- L1 Data Cache
- 32.0 KB x 18
- L2 Cache
- 1.00 MB x 18
- L3 Cache
- 24.8 MB x 1
Memory Information
- Size
- 256.00 GB
- Transfer Rate
- 3200 MT/s
- Type
- DDR4
Geekbench 5 result (single)
| Single-Core Score | 1163 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 1578 |
| Integer Score | 1083 |
| Floating Point Score | 1267 |
| AES-XTS | 1578 2.69 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 1119 5.66 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 1080 51.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 1069 3.01 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 1007 1.18 MElements/sec |
| SQLite | 1057 331.0 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 1070 58.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 1082 344.7 KB/sec |
| Clang | 1108 8.64 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 1162 13.5 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 1022 1.28 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 1367 8468.7 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 813 44.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 1179 9.08 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 1017 25.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 2147 105.3 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 2109 28.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 1529 1.23 Mpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 1116 10.0 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 1068 34.1 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 1197 46.3 images/sec |
Geekbench 5 result (multi)
| Multi-Core Score | 17544 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 13687 |
| Integer Score | 16925 |
| Floating Point Score | 19527 |
| AES-XTS | 13687 23.3 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 20867 105.5 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 22231 1.05 Gpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 10003 28.2 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 17214 20.2 MElements/sec |
| SQLite | 20159 6.32 Mrows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 11752 637.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 14798 4.60 MB/sec |
| Clang | 20902 162.9 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 19469 225.7 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 14537 18.2 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 32761 202965.8 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 19770 1.09 Gpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 24491 188.6 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 18345 452.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 25974 1.27 Gpixels/sec |
| HDR | 33950 462.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 31192 25.0 Mpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 18671 167.3 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 10905 348.7 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 6645 256.8 images/sec |