AMD Ryzen 7 2700E vs Intel Core i9 7960X

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 7 2700E with 8 cores 2.8GHz and Intel Core i9 7960X with 16 cores 2.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 7 2700E 's Advantages

Released 1 years late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2933 vs DDR4-2666)

Lower TDP (45W vs 165W)

Intel Core i9 7960X 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (79.47GB/s vs 43.71GB/s)

Larger L3 cache size (22MB vs 16MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 2700E

1037

Intel Core i9 7960X +5%

1099

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 2700E

7957

Intel Core i9 7960X +87%

14950

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 2700E

1160

Intel Core i9 7960X +13%

1313

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 2700E

4393

Intel Core i9 7960X +106%

9066

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 2700E

999

Intel Core i9 7960X +11%

1111

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 2700E

6616

Intel Core i9 7960X +106%

13687

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 2700E

2409

Intel Core i9 7960X +3%

2489

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 2700E

14516

Intel Core i9 7960X +85%

26917

AMD Ryzen 7 2700E

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Intel Core i9 7960X

General Parameters

Sep 2018

Release Date

Sep 2017

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen+

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i9-7960X

AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

12 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

45 W

Power Consumption

165 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

98 °C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

16

Performance Core Threads

32

2.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.8 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.2 GHz

8

Total Core Count

16

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

28x

Multiplier

28x

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

22 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2933

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

64 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

43.71 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

79.47 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 7 2700E

Official Website

Intel Core i9 7960X

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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