AMD Ryzen 7 3800X vs Intel Core i9 7900X

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AMD Ryzen 7 3800X

Intel Core i9 7900X

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 7 3800X with 8 cores 3.9GHz and Intel Core i9 7900X with 10 cores 3.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 2 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2666)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.9GHz vs 3.3GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 14MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (105W vs 140W)

Intel Core i9 7900X 's Advantages

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

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3800X +11%

1340

Intel Core i9 7900X

1203

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3800X

13812

Intel Core i9 7900X +8%

14998

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3800X +31%

1743

Intel Core i9 7900X

1323

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3800X +1%

8625

Intel Core i9 7900X

8536

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3800X +18%

1333

Intel Core i9 7900X

1127

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3800X

9479

Intel Core i9 7900X +7%

10189

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3800X +5%

2695

Intel Core i9 7900X

2556

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3800X +11%

23418

Intel Core i9 7900X

20991

AMD Ryzen 7 3800X

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Intel Core i9 7900X

General Parameters

Jul 2019

Release Date

May 2017

Amd

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 2

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i9-7900X

AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

No

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

105 W

Power Consumption

140 W

95°C

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

10

16

Performance Core Threads

20

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.3 GHz

4.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.3 GHz

8

Total Core Count

10

16

Total Thread Count

20

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

39x

Multiplier

33x

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

14 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 3800X

Official Website

Intel Core i9 7900X

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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