Earlier this month Intel announced seven new members of its Core X-Series of “Basin Falls Refresh” HEDT processors. The flagship of the family is the Core i9-9980XE, which supplants the Core i9-7980XE that launched last year.
Given that this newest crop of HEDT processors is supposed to hit store shelves next month, it should come as no surprise

Source: Hot Hardware – Alleged Intel Core i9-9980XE CPU Benchmark Leak Delivers 18 Cores Of HEDT Goodness