AMD Ryzen 9 7900X vs Intel Core i7 9700K

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AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

Intel Core i7 9700K

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X with 12 cores 4.7GHz and Intel Core i7 9700K with 8 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 11 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (83.2GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.7GHz vs 3.6GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 12MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Intel Core i7 9700K 's Advantages

Lower TDP (95W vs 170W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +58%

2033

Intel Core i7 9700K

1279

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +210%

29242

Intel Core i7 9700K

9416

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +86%

2942

Intel Core i7 9700K

1575

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +184%

19092

Intel Core i7 9700K

6702

Blender

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +187%

406

Intel Core i7 9700K

141

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +77%

2277

Intel Core i7 9700K

1284

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +176%

20503

Intel Core i7 9700K

7419

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +50%

4317

Intel Core i7 9700K

2878

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +260%

52013

Intel Core i7 9700K

14441

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

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Intel Core i7 9700K

General Parameters

Sep 2022

Release Date

Oct 2018

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Raphael

Core Architecture

Coffee Lake

-

Processor Number

i7-9700K

AM5

Socket

LGA-1151

AMD Radeon™ Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

Package

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

170 W

Power Consumption

95 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

8

24

Performance Core Threads

8

4.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

5.6 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.9 GHz

12

Total Core Count

8

24

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

47x

Multiplier

36x

-

L1 Cache

64 K per core

12 MB shared

L2 Cache

256 K per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

12 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

2

83.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

41.6 GB/s

-

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

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 7900X

Official Website

Intel Core i7 9700K

5.0

PCIe Version

3.0

24

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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