Core i9 10980XE
Intel desktop processor · Core i 10th gen · launched October 2019
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Launch price in today's dollars
The Core i9 10980XE launched at $979 in 2019. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $1,267 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 29% rise over 7 years. At its launch price that is 34 Blender points per $100.
Method: launch price × (CPI 2026 average ÷ CPI 2019 average), calendar-year averages of BLS series CPIAUCSL. 2026 covers 7 months so far.
Blender rendering score
Median score 333 (middle half of runs 290–344) across 33 community runs on Blender 4.x with the CPU backend. That is #38 of 290 desktop processors in our dataset with a score, and #1 of 25 in the Core i 10th gen.
This is a rendering benchmark (samples per minute over the monster, junkshop and classroom scenes), not a gaming benchmark. It says how fast the part renders in Blender's Cycles engine and nothing about frame rates. Source: Blender Open Data, CC0, snapshot 2026-09-06.
Specifications
| Vendor | Intel |
|---|---|
| Series | Core i 10th gen |
| Launched | October 2019 |
| Launch price | $979 (1,000-unit price) |
| Socket | LGA 2066 |
| Cores / threads | 18 / 36 |
| Base clock | 3 GHz |
| Boost clock | 4.6 GHz |
| L3 cache | 24.8 MB |
| Rated power | 165 W (TDP) |
| Tier | 9-series |
The Intel 9-series over time
Intel desktop processors in the same tier around this one, oldest first, re-releases left out. Prices in launch dollars and in 2026 dollars; scores are Blender 4.x medians where they exist.
| Part | Year | Launch price | In 2026 $ | Blender |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core i9 9980XE | 2018 | $1,979 | $2,608 | 288 |
| Core i9 9900K | 2018 | $488 | $643 | 162 |
| Core i9 9900KF | 2019 | $463 | $599 | 157 |
| Core i9 9900 | 2019 | $439 | $568 | 129 |
| Core i9 9900T | 2019 | $439 | $568 | 104 |
| Core i9 10900X | 2019 | $590 | $764 | 202 |
| Core i9 10920X | 2019 | $689 | $892 | 252 |
| Core i9 10940X | 2019 | $784 | $1,015 | 248 |
| Core i9 10980XE | 2019 | $979 | $1,267 | 333 |
| Core i9 9900KS | 2019 | $524 | $678 | 171 |
| Core i9 10900 | 2020 | $439 | $561 | 161 |
| Core i9 10900F | 2020 | $422 | $539 | 181 |
| Core i9 10900K | 2020 | $488 | $624 | 219 |
| Core i9 10900KF | 2020 | $472 | $603 | 210 |
| Core i9 10900T | 2020 | $439 | $561 | — |
| Core i9 10900TE | 2020 | $488 | $624 | — |
Compare with
- Core i9 10920X · 2019 · $689 · 252
- Core i9 10940X · 2019 · $784 · 248
- Core i9 9820X · 2018 · $889 · 184
- Core i9 9900X · 2018 · $989 · 183
- Core i9 9920X · 2018 · $1,189
- Core i9 9940X · 2018 · $1,387 · 257
- Core i9 9960X · 2018 · $1,684 · 270
- Core i9 9980XE · 2018 · $1,979 · 288
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