AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X vs Intel Core i7 9700F

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X Intel Core i7 9700F

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X with 16 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Core i7 9700F 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 Threadripper 2950X 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2933 vs DDR4-2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (87.42GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 3.0GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 12MB)

Intel Core i7 9700F 's Advantages

Released 8 months late

Lower TDP (65W vs 180W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X

1135

Intel Core i7 9700F +2%

1162

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X +122%

18797

Intel Core i7 9700F

8461

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X

1221

Intel Core i7 9700F +27%

1557

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X +40%

9103

Intel Core i7 9700F

6479

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X

1128

Intel Core i7 9700F +6%

1203

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X +77%

12093

Intel Core i7 9700F

6814

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X

2456

Intel Core i7 9700F +12%

2768

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X +118%

29227

Intel Core i7 9700F

13384

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X

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Intel Core i7 9700F

General Parameters

Aug 2018

Release Date

Apr 2019

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen+

Core Architecture

Coffee Lake

-

Processor Number

i7-9700F

sTR4

Socket

LGA-1151

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

9.6 billions

Transistor Count

-

12 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

sTR4

Socket

LGA-1151

180 W

Power Consumption

65 W

68 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

8

32

Performance Core Threads

8

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.0 GHz

4.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.7 GHz

16

Total Core Count

8

32

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

Multiplier

30x

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

12 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2933

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

2048 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

2

87.42 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

41.6 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X

Official Website

Intel Core i7 9700F

3.0

PCIe Version

3.0

60

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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