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The i9 is a powerful Intel CPU that is great for all sorts of tasks, but CPU mining is not one of them.
The number of threads seem to be directly correlated with the mining hashrate of CPUs, and the Intel i9 chipset only has 16 threads. That’s the same as the AMD 1800x chip that costs half the price. For around the same price as the i9, the Threadripper 1950X can hash twice as fast.
The only reason I can see for choosing an Intel chip is if you have a motherboard that can’t accept an AMD Threadripper.