Intel Core i9-10980XE vs AMD PRO A10-9700

Comparative analysis of Intel Core i9-10980XE and AMD PRO A10-9700 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i9-10980XE

  • 14 more cores, run more applications at once: 18 vs 4
  • Around 21% higher clock speed: 4.60 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 9x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 61% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2651 vs 1643
  • 9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 32868 vs 3649
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 18 vs 4
Maximum frequency 4.60 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
L2 cache 18 MB vs 2 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2651 vs 1643
PassMark - CPU mark 32868 vs 3649

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A10-9700

  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 90°C vs 86°C
  • 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 165 Watt
Maximum core temperature 90°C vs 86°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 165 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core i9-10980XE
CPU 2: AMD PRO A10-9700

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2651
1643
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
32868
3649
Name Intel Core i9-10980XE AMD PRO A10-9700
PassMark - Single thread mark 2651 1643
PassMark - CPU mark 32868 3649
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1173
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 15885
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 10844
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 19.763
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 285.697
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 29.991
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 92.013

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Core i9-10980XE AMD PRO A10-9700

Essentials

Architecture codename Cascade Lake
Launch date Q4'19 3 October 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $979
Place in performance rating 611 653
Processor Number i9-10980XE
Series Intel Core X-series Processors AMD PRO A-Series A10 APU for Desktops
Status Launched
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Family AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray AD970BAGM44AB
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit

Performance

Base frequency 3.00 GHz 3.5 GHz
L1 cache 1152 KB
L2 cache 18 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 24.75 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Maximum core temperature 86°C 90°C
Maximum frequency 4.60 GHz 3.8 GHz
Number of cores 18 4
Number of threads 36
Number of GPU cores 6
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 4 2
Maximum memory size 256 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-2933
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Sockets supported FCLGA2066 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 Watt 65 Watt
Thermal Solution PCG 2017X
Configurable TDP 45 Watt/65 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 48
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
Scalability 1S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units 2
AMD Secure technology
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
System Image Stability
TrueAudio

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0

Graphics

Enduro
Graphics max frequency 1029 MHz
Processor graphics R7
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
Vulkan