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Gordon Mah Ung
PCWorld
“In the end, while some might say $1,000 is still too expensive, we think it’s actually not too horrible of an ask in the grand scheme of things.”
Critical Assessment
What Critics Praise
- 18 cores
- Low price
- DDR4‑2933 memory support
- DL Boost for deep learning
- Incremental performance gains
- Lower power consumption
Points of Contention
- Dead‑end platform
- PCIe 3.0 only
Professional Reviews
2 reviews from 2 critics60
Paul Alcorn
Tom's Hardware
“Intel's Core i9-10980XE marks a step forward over the previous-gen -9980XE, but overall pricing is still too high relative to AMD's competing chips.”
