Portanto, o novo i9 de topo (18C) custa metade do modelo que substitui directamente e basicamente o mesmo que custava o anterior i9 de entrada (10C).
Além disso acaba a palhaçada das linhas PCIe capadas em alguns modelos.
Mas não, não $uport€m a concorrência, que não vale a pena.
Intel 10th Gen Core X "Cascade Lake-X" Pricing and Specs Detailed
Ahead of their October 7th product launch and November availability, we have confirmation of the specifications and pricing of Intel's 10th generation Core X "Cascade Lake-X" HEDT processors in the LGA2066 package. These chips feature compatibility with existing socket LGA2066 motherboards with a UEFI BIOS update, although several motherboard manufacturers are launching new products with some of the latest connectivity options, such as 2.5 GbE wired Ethernet, and 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6 WLAN.
The 10th generation Core X HEDT processor family is based on the new 14 nm++ "Cascade Lake" silicon, which comes with hardware fixes against several classes side-channel vulnerabilities, and introduces an updated instruction-set that includes more AVX-512 instructions, and the new DLBoost instruction. DLBoost leverages new fixed-function hardware on silicon to accelerate AI deep-learning neural-set building and training by up to 5 times. Intel's first wave of 10th gen Core X lineup is rather slim, with just four processor models. The company did away with the Core i7 brand extension, as core-counts in the mainstream desktop segment 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 across the board. All models feature the "XE" brand extension, and feature unlocked base-clock multipliers.
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Já não falta muito.Paper launch em 7 de Outubro, disponibilidade em Novembro.
Preços e frequências all-core e turbo:
Paper launch em 7 de Outubro, disponibilidade em Novembro.
O Cascade Lake-X tem 48 Lanes Pci-Ex no CPU + 24 Lanes no Chipset, Quad Channel, suporta 256 GB de RAM e suporta AVX 512.
Nada contra o 3950X. No geral até pode ser uma melhor compra performance/preço, mas não é que não existam razões para comprar um Cascade Lake-X, sejam estes Core X, sejam os Xeons W-2200/W-3200 que suportam ECC e têm boards ainda mais viradas para o mercado Workstations.
Intel Core i9-10980XE Cascade Lake-X Benchmarks
https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/intel-core-i9-10980xe-cascade-lake-x-benchmarks.html