The 10th era Core X HEDT processor household relies on the brand new 14 nm++ “Cascade Lake” silicon, which comes with {hardware} fixes in opposition to a number of courses side-channel vulnerabilities, and introduces an up to date instruction-set that features extra AVX-512 directions, and the brand new DLBoost instruction. DLBoost leverages new fixed-function {hardware} on silicon to speed up AI deep-learning neural-set constructing and coaching by as much as 5 instances. Intel’s first wave of 10th gen Core X lineup is fairly slim, with simply 4 processor fashions. The firm did away with the Core i7 model extension, as core-counts within the mainstream desktop phase have already reached 8-core. The lineup now begins at 10-core/20-thread, with the chip’s full 48-lane PCI-Express and 4-channel DDR4 interfaces enabled throughout the board. All fashions characteristic the “XE” model extension, and have unlocked base-clock multipliers.
The Core i9-10900XE is your gateway to the sequence. This 10-core/20-thread chip comes with a captivating price-tag of simply USD $590, a big drop from the $999 value for the previous-generation 10-core chip, the i9-9900X. It’s clocked increased, with 3.70 GHz nominal, 4.50 GHz Turbo Boost 2.0, 4.70 GHz Turbo Boost Max 3.Zero and 4.30 GHz all-core Turbo. The chip is endowed with 1 MB of devoted L2 cache per core, and 19.25 MB of shared L3 cache.
The Core i9-10920XE is a $689 12-core/24-thread chip priced underneath AMD’s upcoming flagship AM4 mannequin, the Ryzen 9 3950X. It’s marginally sooner than its predecessor, the i9-9920X, with 3.50 GHz base clocks (identical), 4.60 GHz Turbo Boost 2.0, 4.80 GHz Turbo Boost Max 3.0, and 4.30 GHz all-core turbo. Interestingly, the rise in core-count does not deliver extra L3 cache, you get the identical 19.25 MB.
The subsequent step on this sequence is the $784 Core i9-10940XE, a 14-core/28-thread processor clocked at 3.30 GHz, with 4.60 GHz Turbo Boost 2.0, 4.80 GHz Turbo Boost Max 3.0, and 4.10 GHz all-core turbo. Yet once more, you get simply 19.25 MB of shared L3 cache. Interestingly, Intel didn’t plan a 16-core/32-thread mannequin on this sequence, you soar straight to the flagship.
Leading the pack is the Core i9-10980XE, an 18-core/36-thread processor priced at a mouth-watering $979, which is lower than half that of the previous-generation Core i9-9980XE. It ticks at 3.00 GHz, with 4.60 GHz Turbo Boost 2.0, 4.80 GHz Turbo Boost Max 3.0, and three.80 GHz all-core turbo. You get a bigger 24.75 MB of shared L3 cache. All 4 chips have their TDP rated at 165 W.
