AMD Ryzen 9 5900 vs Intel Core i7 7700K

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AMD Ryzen 9 5900

Intel Core i7 7700K

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 5900 with 12 cores 3.0GHz and Intel Core i7 7700K with 4 cores 4.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 5900 's Advantages

Released 4 years late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2400)

Larger memory bandwidth (51.2GB/s vs 35.76GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (65W vs 91W)

Intel Core i7 7700K 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Higher base frequency (4.2GHz vs 3.0GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900 +31%

1584

Intel Core i7 7700K

1209

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900 +255%

20887

Intel Core i7 7700K

5881

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900 +33%

2080

Intel Core i7 7700K

1557

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900 +85%

9774

Intel Core i7 7700K

5260

Blender

AMD Ryzen 9 5900 +176%

282

Intel Core i7 7700K

102

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900 +51%

1715

Intel Core i7 7700K

1129

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900 +176%

13017

Intel Core i7 7700K

4705

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900 +27%

3447

Intel Core i7 7700K

2712

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900 +259%

34510

Intel Core i7 7700K

9594

AMD Ryzen 9 5900

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Intel Core i7 7700K

General Parameters

Jan 2021

Release Date

Jan 2017

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Vermeer

Core Architecture

Kaby Lake

-

Processor Number

i7-7700K

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

N/A

Integrated Graphics

HD Graphics 630

Package

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

91 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

4

24

Performance Core Threads

8

3.0 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.2 GHz

4.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.5 GHz

12

Total Core Count

4

24

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

42 MHz

30x

Multiplier

100x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2400, DDR3L-1600

128 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

35.76 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

350 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1150 MHz

-

Shader Units

192

-

Texture Units

24

-

Raster Operation Units

3

-

Execution Units

24

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Max Resolution

4096x2304 - 60 Hz

-

Graphics Performance

0.44 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 5900

Official Website

Intel Core i7 7700K

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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