Intel Core i9 7980XE Linux Benchmarks: 18 Core / 36 Threads For $1999 USD

OpenSSL yields a 6% boost in performance on the Core i9 7980XE over the 7960X.

Blender appears to be hitting a wall on the top-end Core i9 processors.

While Xsbench ends out our launch-day Core i9 7980XE Linux benchmarks with a few percent gain over the slightly less costly Core i9 7960X.