AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs Intel Core i9 7960X

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AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

Intel Core i9 7960X

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X with 8 cores 3.6GHz 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 3700X 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2666)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 2.8GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 22MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (65W vs 165W)

Intel Core i9 7960X 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (79.47GB/s vs 47.68GB/s)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X +22%

1342

Intel Core i9 7960X

1099

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

12173

Intel Core i9 7960X +82%

22189

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X +24%

1629

Intel Core i9 7960X

1313

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

8104

Intel Core i9 7960X +11%

9066

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X +14%

1275

Intel Core i9 7960X

1111

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

8375

Intel Core i9 7960X +63%

13687

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X +6%

2646

Intel Core i9 7960X

2489

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

22611

Intel Core i9 7960X +19%

26917

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

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Intel Core i9 7960X

General Parameters

Jul 2019

Release Date

Sep 2017

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 2

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i9-7960X

AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

165 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

98 °C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

16

Performance Core Threads

32

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.8 GHz

4.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.2 GHz

8

Total Core Count

16

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36x

Multiplier

28x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

22 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

47.68 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

79.47 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

Official Website

Intel Core i9 7960X

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

16

PCIe Lanes

44

-

Extended Instruction Set

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

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