Intel Core i9-7980XE: CPU Specs and Performance, Benchmarks
The Intel Core i9-7980XE is a 18-core and 36-thread processor configuration with a base clock speed of 2600 MHz. The CPU specifications and performance tests (benchmarks) are listed below.
Performance (Benchmarks)
- Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score
- 1112
- Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score
- 15007
- PassMark CPU Mark Rating
- 29471
- PassMark Single Thread Rating
- 2470
Processor Specs
- Processor
- Intel Core i9-7980XE
- Frequency
- 2600 MHz
- Maximum Frequency
- 4200 MHz
- Cores
- 18
- Threads
- 36
- TDP
- 165 W
- Codename
- Skylake
- Package
- Socket 2066 LGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark
- Single-Core Score
- 1114
- Multi-Core Score
- 15150
- Benchmark
- Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)
System Information
- Operating System
- macOS 11.4 (Build 20F71)
- Model
- iMacPro1,1
- Model ID
- iMacPro1,1
- Motherboard
- Acidanthera Mac-7BA5B2D9E42DDD94 iMacPro1,1
CPU Specifications
- Name
- Intel Core i9-7980XE
- Topology
- 1 Processor, 18 Cores, 36 Threads
- Identifier
- GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 85 Stepping 4
- Base Frequency
- 2.60 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
- 64.00 GB
- Transfer Rate
- 3200 MT/s
- Type
- DDR4
Geekbench 5 result (single)
| Single-Core Score | 1114 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 1457 |
| Integer Score | 1040 |
| Floating Point Score | 1217 |
| AES-XTS | 1457 2.48 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 1110 5.61 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 1064 50.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 1039 2.93 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 926 1.09 MElements/sec |
| SQLite | 1040 325.9 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 1010 54.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 1012 322.5 KB/sec |
| Clang | 1057 8.23 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 1117 12.9 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 1008 1.26 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 1241 7686.0 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 774 42.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 1124 8.65 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 996 24.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 2125 104.2 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 2045 27.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 1454 1.17 Mpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 1024 9.17 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 1079 34.5 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 1144 44.2 images/sec |
Geekbench 5 result (multi)
| Multi-Core Score | 15150 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 11912 |
| Integer Score | 14692 |
| Floating Point Score | 16682 |
| AES-XTS | 11912 20.3 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 19769 100.0 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 19537 924.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 9654 27.2 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 14063 16.5 MElements/sec |
| SQLite | 16127 5.05 Mrows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 10801 586.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 12665 3.94 MB/sec |
| Clang | 17755 138.3 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 15525 180.0 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 12238 15.3 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 26420 163684.3 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 15760 866.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 19248 148.2 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 16088 396.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 26383 1.29 Gpixels/sec |
| HDR | 27030 368.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 24391 19.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 14472 129.6 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 10665 341.0 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 6571 253.9 images/sec |