Wednesday, February 13th 2019
Intel Core i9-9990XE OEM-only, Even Then it's a Lottery
In a sign of just how arid the DIY retail channel has become for Intel, Tom's Hardware reports that the new socket flagship LGA2066 HEDT processor model Intel sneaked into its product-stack, the Core i9-9990XE, is restricted to the OEM/SI (system integrator) channel. Even to OEMs, ordering a tray of i9-9990XE chips isn't as simple as ordering other chips, such as the i9-9900K. Apparently, Intel has been running secret online auctions that are OEM-only, for these chips. OEMs get to bid on the per-chip price in n-unit tray quantities.
Workstation integrator Puget Systems was able to score itself some i9-9990XE inventory at USD $2,300 per chip. Puget Systems last week received its first batch of chips from Intel, and released performance benchmarks. At this price, the i9-9990XE is being sold at a 21% premium over the retail-channel SEP price of the i9-9980XE, and a whopping 65% premium over the i9-9940X. Intel can't shake off comparisons between the i9-9990XE and the i9-9940X because both chips are 14-core/28-thread with 19.25 MB shared L3 cache, with the i9-9990XE only offering significantly higher clock-speeds, but at an astounding TDP of 255W. The i9-9990XE was shown beating the 18-core i9-9980XE in a variety of HEDT-relevant benchmarks.
Source:
Tom's Hardware
Workstation integrator Puget Systems was able to score itself some i9-9990XE inventory at USD $2,300 per chip. Puget Systems last week received its first batch of chips from Intel, and released performance benchmarks. At this price, the i9-9990XE is being sold at a 21% premium over the retail-channel SEP price of the i9-9980XE, and a whopping 65% premium over the i9-9940X. Intel can't shake off comparisons between the i9-9990XE and the i9-9940X because both chips are 14-core/28-thread with 19.25 MB shared L3 cache, with the i9-9990XE only offering significantly higher clock-speeds, but at an astounding TDP of 255W. The i9-9990XE was shown beating the 18-core i9-9980XE in a variety of HEDT-relevant benchmarks.
64 Comments on Intel Core i9-9990XE OEM-only, Even Then it's a Lottery
Just add enough marketing to make it become mainstream.
But I do hope Intel revisit the idea on 10nm (without the insane TDP); having many cores as fast as possible, rather than sacrificing core speed for more cores.Yeah, as I said, there is little point to a product you can't really buy.
And of course, no warranty is definitely a deal breaker.
Runs much cooler
Is bad
Well I’m glad I own one of those bad CPUs
:roll:
You have some really interesting arithmetics in your universe...Because for some people it will be much faster.Which just shows you're a core warrior and not that interested in actual performance. ;-)
First of all: 2990WX has single-thread performance of server CPUs. 9990XE matches 9900K.
In programs that don't benefit from more than 28 threads (and most don't) it could be up to 50% slower. Yey!
And it gets better.
Because of 2990WX very specific architecture (let's leave it like that) in some scenarios it's actually slower than other Threadrippers (with less cores). For example: it's awful for running databases. For reasons unknown to me it also struggles with particular programs (e.g. Handbrake).
In real life 2990WX only works for scenarios with high number of independent threads: rendering, MonteCarlo simulation and so on. But even here it's often matched by 7980XE just based on raw single-core potential.
He would get the 9980XE, similar Xeon or 2970WX/2990WX..
e: fixed the quote
there are maybe millions of people who know nothing about AMD's current CPU lineup performance
Of course people don't know what AMD is. They don't need that information. They want PCs for everyday tasks - be it professional or casual.
If there wasn't an "Intel inside" sticker on every PC, they may know much about Intel either. But stickers work. People tend to know that there's something called Intel in the box. That it's either an i3, i5 or i7. That i7 is best. That's literally all they need to know.
You have to understand that computers are not in the centre of everyone's life. People buy PCs like you buy food or shoes or some else that you're not that interested in.
You need something, you buy the brand you know.
It's like playing chess with a pigeon; it knocks the pieces down, craps on the table and claims victory.
It's good processor for great platform and long time investment.
or a fearless spender with a credit card with no spending limit :D
I live in Poland and i5-7500 costed me relatively as much as a 9900K would cost someone from Germany (based purely on salary differences).
And while I'm fine with my CPU, quite a lot of people in my country still buy the top components (including Intel HEDT and stuff like that). They're determined, they want top results. They pay the price.
And I'm pretty sure there are lots of people exactly as determined in Western Europe, Japan or USA, so what stops them from buying a 9990XE? Nothing.
It's a huge cost - obviously. They may not afford something else they wanted to buy: a bicycle, a trip to Africa or whatever. But that's about it. They don't have to be extraordinarily rich or extraordinarily bad at understanding credit card balance. :)