AMD Ryzen 7 1700X vs Intel Core i9 7980XE

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AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

Intel Core i9 7980XE

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 7 1700X with 8 cores 3.4GHz and Intel Core i9 7980XE with 18 cores 2.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.4GHz vs 2.6GHz)

Lower TDP (95W vs 165W)

Intel Core i9 7980XE 's Advantages

Released 6 months late

Larger memory bandwidth (79.47GB/s vs 39.74GB/s)

Larger L3 cache size (25MB vs 16MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

971

Intel Core i9 7980XE +30%

1263

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

8737

Intel Core i9 7980XE +222%

28196

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

949

Intel Core i9 7980XE +48%

1410

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

4457

Intel Core i9 7980XE +156%

11418

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

937

Intel Core i9 7980XE +19%

1117

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

6302

Intel Core i9 7980XE +133%

14735

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

2084

Intel Core i9 7980XE +19%

2492

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

15538

Intel Core i9 7980XE +96%

30462

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

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Intel Core i9 7980XE

General Parameters

Mar 2017

Release Date

Sep 2017

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i9-7980XE

AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

95 W

Power Consumption

165 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

94 °C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

18

16

Performance Core Threads

36

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.6 GHz

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.2 GHz

8

Total Core Count

18

16

Total Thread Count

36

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

34x

Multiplier

26x

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

25 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

64 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

39.74 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

79.47 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

Official Website

Intel Core i9 7980XE

3.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

44

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512

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