AMD Ryzen 9 5950X vs Intel Core i7 9700

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AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

Intel Core i7 9700

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X with 16 cores 3.4GHz and Intel Core i7 9700 with 8 cores 3.0GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (47.68GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.4GHz vs 3.0GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 12MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Intel Core i7 9700 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Lower TDP (65W vs 105W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X +41%

1684

Intel Core i7 9700

1190

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X +237%

28782

Intel Core i7 9700

8524

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X +39%

2218

Intel Core i7 9700

1590

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X +145%

13903

Intel Core i7 9700

5666

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X +50%

1819

Intel Core i7 9700

1210

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X +173%

18397

Intel Core i7 9700

6715

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X +25%

3471

Intel Core i7 9700

2764

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X +245%

45659

Intel Core i7 9700

13198

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

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Intel Core i7 9700

General Parameters

Oct 2020

Release Date

Apr 2019

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 3 (Vermeer)

Core Architecture

Coffee Lake

-

Processor Number

i7-9700

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

No

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

Package

4.15 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

105 W

Power Consumption

65 W

95°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

8

32

Performance Core Threads

8

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.0 GHz

4.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.7 GHz

16

Total Core Count

8

32

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

34x

Multiplier

30x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

12 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

47.68 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

41.6 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

350 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1200 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

0.38 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

Official Website

Intel Core i7 9700

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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