Intel Core i9-9980XE: CPU Specs and Performance, Benchmarks
The Intel Core i9-9980XE 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
- 1127
- Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score
- 15294
- PassMark CPU Mark Rating
- 32390
- PassMark Single Thread Rating
- 2570
- 3DMark Time Spy Physics Score
- 11531
Processor Specs
- Processor
- Intel Core i9-9980XE
- Frequency
- 3000 MHz
- Maximum Frequency
- 4400 MHz
- Cores
- 18
- Threads
- 36
- TDP
- 165 W
- Codename
- Skylake
- Package
- Socket 2066 LGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark
- Single-Core Score
- 1121
- Multi-Core Score
- 16327
- Benchmark
- Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)
System Information
- Operating System
- macOS 10.15.7 (Build 19H2)
- Model
- iMacPro1,1
- Model ID
- iMacPro1,1
- Motherboard
- Apple Inc. Mac-7BA5B2D9E42DDD94 1.0
CPU Specifications
- Name
- Intel Core i9-9980XE
- Topology
- 1 Processor, 18 Cores, 36 Threads
- Identifier
- GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 85 Stepping 4
- 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
- 128.00 GB
- Transfer Rate
- 3200 MT/s
- Type
- DDR4
Geekbench 5 result (single)
| Single-Core Score | 1121 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 1486 |
| Integer Score | 1047 |
| Floating Point Score | 1221 |
| AES-XTS | 1486 2.53 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 1115 5.64 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 1089 51.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 1051 2.96 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 908 1.07 MElements/sec |
| SQLite | 1003 314.2 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 1065 57.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 1025 326.5 KB/sec |
| Clang | 1059 8.25 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 1123 13.0 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 1010 1.26 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 1294 8018.6 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 776 42.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 1116 8.59 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 985 24.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 2063 101.2 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 1990 27.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 1460 1.17 Mpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 1025 9.18 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 1026 32.8 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 1285 49.7 images/sec |
Geekbench 5 result (multi)
| Multi-Core Score | 16327 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 13676 |
| Integer Score | 15343 |
| Floating Point Score | 18900 |
| AES-XTS | 13676 23.3 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 19874 100.5 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 22540 1.07 Gpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 9673 27.3 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 15890 18.7 MElements/sec |
| SQLite | 16624 5.21 Mrows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 10513 570.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 13843 4.31 MB/sec |
| Clang | 17152 133.6 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 16492 191.2 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 14011 17.5 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 31896 197607.0 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 19174 1.05 Gpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 23254 179.0 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 18180 448.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 26563 1.30 Gpixels/sec |
| HDR | 31903 434.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 30382 24.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 17152 153.7 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 10369 331.5 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 6628 256.1 images/sec |