AMD Ryzen 9 7900 vs Intel Core i9 10940X

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 7900 with 12 cores 3.7GHz and Intel Core i9 10940X with 14 cores 3.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 7900 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 3 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-5200 vs DDR4-2933)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 3.3GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 20MB)

Lower TDP (65W vs 165W)

Intel Core i9 10940X 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (93.8GB/s vs 83.2GB/s)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900 +64%

2034

Intel Core i9 10940X

1234

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900 +82%

29358

Intel Core i9 10940X

16117

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900 +100%

2954

Intel Core i9 10940X

1471

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900 +55%

17582

Intel Core i9 10940X

11287

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900 +87%

2148

Intel Core i9 10940X

1144

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900 +32%

17950

Intel Core i9 10940X

13573

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900 +54%

4157

Intel Core i9 10940X

2686

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900 +75%

48850

Intel Core i9 10940X

27907

AMD Ryzen 9 7900

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Intel Core i9 10940X

General Parameters

Jan 2023

Release Date

Oct 2019

Amd

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 4 (Raphael)

Core Architecture

Cascade Lake

-

Processor Number

i9-10940X

AM5

Socket

LGA-2066

Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

13.1 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM5

Socket

LGA-2066

65 W

Power Consumption

165 W

142 W

Max Turbo Power Consumption

-

95°C

Peak Operating Temperature

86 °C

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

14

24

Performance Core Threads

28

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.3 GHz

5.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.6 GHz

12

Total Core Count

14

24

Total Thread Count

28

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

37x

Multiplier

33x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR4-2933

128 GB

Max Memory Size

256 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

83.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

93.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

1500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

2200 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

448

Shader Units

-

8

Texture Units

-

4

Raster Operation Units

-

2

Execution Units

-

15 W

Power Consumption

-

1.43 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 7900

Official Website

Intel Core i9 10940X

5.0

PCIe Version

3.0

28

PCIe Lanes

48

-

Extended Instruction Set

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

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