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Intel Core i9-10980XE vs AMD Ryzen 5 2500X. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q4/2019
Intel Core i9-10980XE
Intel Core i9-10980XE
Released
Q2/2018
Overall score
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AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

What's the best choice Intel Core i9-10980XE or AMD Ryzen 5 2500X? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Intel Core i9-10980XE has a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. 18 Cores. Power consumption of 165 W. Released in Q4/2019.

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X has a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. 4 Cores. Power consumption of 95 W. Released in Q2/2018.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    99 left arrow score
  • More number of cores

    14 times more cores

    18 left arrow 4
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 17% better overclocked clock speed

    4.80 GHz left arrow 4.00 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i9-10980XE CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    225 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    42 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    4 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    36 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    92 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    30 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    377 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    80 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    13 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    182 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    90 place
AMD Ryzen 5 2500X Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    918 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 17% better clock speed

    3.60 GHz left arrow 3.00 GHz
  • Performance per watt

    About 0.58 times less performance per watt

    95 W left arrow 165 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 5 2500X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    292 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    542 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    649 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Core i9-10980XE Intel Core i9-10980XE
AMD Ryzen 5 2500X AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
CPU family and group

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

  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Family
    Intel Core i9 left arrow AMD Ryzen
  • Generation
    10 left arrow 2
  • CPU group
    Intel Core i 10000X left arrow AMD Ryzen 2000
  • Successor
    -- left arrow AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Frequency
    3.00 GHz left arrow 3.60 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    18 left arrow 4
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    4.80 GHz left arrow 4.00 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    36 left arrow 8
  • Hyperthreading
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
IGPU

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

  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
Hardware codec support

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

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 2500X and Intel Core i9-10980XE. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-2933 left arrow DDR4-2933
  • Max. Memory
    256 GB left arrow 64 GB
  • ECC
    No left arrow Yes
  • Memory channels
    4 left arrow 2
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow 3.0
  • PCIe lanes
    48 left arrow 20
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i9-10980XE and AMD Ryzen 5 2500X to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    165 W left arrow 95 W
  • Tjunction max.
    86 °C left arrow 95 °C
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i9-10980XE and Intel Core i9-10980XE, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • L3-Cache
    24.75 MB left arrow 16.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Cascade Lake left arrow Pinnacle Ridge (Zen+)
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 12 nm
  • Socket
    LGA 2066 left arrow AM4
  • Release date
    Q4/2019 left arrow Q2/2018

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Intel Core i9-10980XE and AMD Ryzen 5 2500X.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 SC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading
1191
Intel Core i9-10980XE
1028
AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
1174
Intel Core i9-10980XE
988
AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
15841
Intel Core i9-10980XE
3755
AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

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