i9-9990XE vs Athlon 700

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon 700 and Core i9-9990XE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated305
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data2.84
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Seriesno dataIntel Core i9
Power efficiencyno data7.05
Architecture codenameThunderbird (1999−2000)Skylake (server) (2017−2018)
Release date29 November 1999 (24 years ago)19 October 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$849$2,800

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon 700 and Core i9-9990XE basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores1 (Single-Core)14 (Tetradeca-Core)
Threads128
Base clock speedno data4 GHz
Boost clock speed0.7 GHz5.1 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data40
L1 cache128 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB19.25 MB (shared)
Chip lithography180 nm14 nm
Die size102 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)70 °Cno data
Number of transistors22 millionno data
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 700 and Core i9-9990XE compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketA2066
Power consumption (TDP)34 Watt255 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 700 and Core i9-9990XE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
TSX-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 700 and Core i9-9990XE are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 700 and Core i9-9990XE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1DDR4 Quad-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data4
Maximum memory bandwidthno data85.33 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/AN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 700 and Core i9-9990XE.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data44

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 November 1999 19 October 2018
Physical cores 1 14
Threads 1 28
Chip lithography 180 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 34 Watt 255 Watt

Athlon 700 has 650% lower power consumption.

i9-9990XE, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 18 years, 1300% more physical cores and 2700% more threads, and a 1185.7% more advanced lithography process.

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