Today Intel is kicking off its newest High End Desktop processor, the Intel Core i9-9980XE Extreme Edition. This 14nm Skylake-X CPU boasts 18 Cores and 36 Threads and has an expected retail price of $1979. We compare the i9-9980XE to AMD’s entire line of Threadripper CPUs to see where the 9980XE sits in the HEDT stack.

Source: [H]ardOCP – Intel Core i9-9980XE vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper