i9-9980XE vs Athlon 64 2000+

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 64 2000+ and Core i9-9980XE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated322
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data3.81
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Seriesno dataIntel Core i9
Power efficiencyno data10.51
Architecture codenameLima (2008−2009)Skylake (server) (2017−2019)
Release dateJune 2008 (16 years ago)19 October 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,979

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 2000+ and Core i9-9980XE basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores1 (Single-Core)18 (Octadeca-Core)
Threads136
Base clock speedno data3 GHz
Boost clock speed1 GHz4.5 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data30
L1 cache128 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB24.75 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm14 nm
Die size77 mm2484 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data84 °C
Number of transistors122 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 2000+ and Core i9-9980XE compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAM2FCLGA2066
Power consumption (TDP)8 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 2000+ and Core i9-9980XE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+

Security technologies

Athlon 64 2000+ and Core i9-9980XE technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 64 2000+ and Core i9-9980XE are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 2000+ and Core i9-9980XE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data4
Maximum memory bandwidthno data85.33 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 64 2000+ and Core i9-9980XE.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data44

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Athlon 64 2000+ 154
i9-9980XE 29127
+18814%

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 18
Threads 1 36
Chip lithography 65 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 8 Watt 165 Watt

Athlon 64 2000+ has 1962.5% lower power consumption.

i9-9980XE, on the other hand, has 1700% more physical cores and 3500% more threads, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

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