AMD Ryzen 9 7950X vs Intel Core i9 7960X

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X with 16 cores 4.5GHz and Intel Core i9 7960X with 16 cores 2.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 11 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-5200 vs DDR4-2666)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.5GHz vs 2.8GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 22MB)

Intel Core i9 7960X 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (79.47GB/s vs 73.4GB/s)

Lower TDP (165W vs 170W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +87%

2059

Intel Core i9 7960X

1099

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +155%

38165

Intel Core i9 7960X

14950

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +133%

3068

Intel Core i9 7960X

1313

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +136%

21409

Intel Core i9 7960X

9066

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +100%

2232

Intel Core i9 7960X

1111

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +77%

24244

Intel Core i9 7960X

13687

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +72%

4286

Intel Core i9 7960X

2489

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +134%

62987

Intel Core i9 7960X

26917

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

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Intel Core i9 7960X

General Parameters

Aug 2022

Release Date

Sep 2017

Amd

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 4 (Raphael)

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i9-7960X

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

170 W

Power Consumption

165 W

230 W

Max Turbo Power Consumption

-

95°C

Peak Operating Temperature

98 °C

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

16

32

Performance Core Threads

32

4.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.8 GHz

5.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.2 GHz

16

Total Core Count

16

32

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

45x

Multiplier

28x

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

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

73.4 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

79.47 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 7950X

Official Website

Intel Core i9 7960X

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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