AMD Ryzen 9 7900 vs Intel Core i9 9960X

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AMD Ryzen 9 7900

Intel Core i9 9960X

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 7900 with 12 cores 3.7GHz 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 9 7900 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 3 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 2666)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 3.1GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 22MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (65W vs 165W)

Intel Core i9 9960X 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (85GB/s vs 83.2GB/s)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900 +89%

2034

Intel Core i9 9960X

1075

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900 +63%

29358

Intel Core i9 9960X

17953

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900 +105%

2946

Intel Core i9 9960X

1432

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900 +62%

17413

Intel Core i9 9960X

10707

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900 +83%

2148

Intel Core i9 9960X

1173

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900 +18%

17950

Intel Core i9 9960X

15176

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900 +59%

4149

Intel Core i9 9960X

2608

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900 +59%

48837

Intel Core i9 9960X

30525

AMD Ryzen 9 7900

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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

13.1 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

165 W

90 W

Max Turbo Power Consumption

-

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

85 °C

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

16

24

Performance Core Threads

32

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.1 GHz

5.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.4 GHz

12

Total Core Count

16

24

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

-

37x

Multiplier

-

64 K per core

L1 Cache

32 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

64 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

83.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

85 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

400 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

-

0.56 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 7900

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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