AMD Ryzen 7 7800X vs Intel Core i9 9960X

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X with 10 cores 4.5GHz and Intel Core i9 9960X with 16 cores 3.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 3 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-5200 vs DDR4-2666)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.5GHz vs 3.1GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (40MB vs 22MB)

Lower TDP (105W vs 165W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X +85%

1987

Intel Core i9 9960X

1070

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X +26%

22607

Intel Core i9 9960X

17841

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X +78%

2097

Intel Core i9 9960X

1173

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X +6%

16163

Intel Core i9 9960X

15176

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X

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Intel Core i9 9960X

General Parameters

Jan 2023

Release Date

Oct 2018

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 4 (Raphael)

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i9-9960X

AM5

Socket

LGA-2066

Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM5

Socket

LGA-2066

105 W

Power Consumption

165 W

95°C

Peak Operating Temperature

85 °C

CPU Performance

10

Performance Cores

16

20

Performance Core Threads

32

4.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.1 GHz

5.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.4 GHz

10

Total Core Count

16

20

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

-

45x

Multiplier

-

L1 Cache

32 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

40 MB shared

L3 Cache

22 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

-

Max Memory Bandwidth

85 GB/s

-

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

1500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

2200 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

128

Shader Units

-

8

Texture Units

-

4

Raster Operation Units

-

2

Execution Units

-

15 W

Power Consumption

-

0.54 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i9 9960X

5.0

PCIe Version

3.0

28

PCIe Lanes

44

-

Extended Instruction Set

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

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