Intel Core i5-2430M vs Intel Core i9-9980XE. Specifications

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 2000M Intel Core i 9000X
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Intel Core i9
• Generation
  2 9
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  2.4 GHz 3 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 18
• CPU Threads
  4 36
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3 GHz 4.5 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Turbo Frequency (18 Cores)
  - 4 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  10.1 -
• Execution units
  12 -
• Generation
  6 -
• GPU Frequency
  650 MHz -
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 3000 None
• GPU Turbo
  1200 MHz -
• Max. displays
  2 -
• Release date
  Q1/2011 -
• Shader
  96 -
• Technology
  32 nm -

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  No No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i9-9980XE and Intel Core i5-2430M. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 4
• Memory type
  DDR3-1066DDR3-1333 DDR4-2666
• PCIe lanes
  16 48
• PCIe version
  2.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-2430M and Intel Core i9-9980XE Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C 84 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  35 W 165 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-2430M and Intel Core i9-9980XE, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Sandy Bridge H Skylake X Refresh
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
• L3-Cache
  3 MB 25 MB
• Release date
  Q4/2011 Q4/2018
• Socket
  PPGA 988 LGA 2066
• Technology
  32 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d