AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X vs Intel Core i9 7900X

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X Intel Core i9 7900X

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X with 32 cores 3.7GHz and Intel Core i9 7900X with 10 cores 3.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (95.37GB/s vs 79.47GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 3.3GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 14MB)

Intel Core i9 7900X 's Advantages

Lower TDP (140W vs 280W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X +8%

1308

Intel Core i9 7900X

1203

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X +297%

46874

Intel Core i9 7900X

11804

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X +10%

1463

Intel Core i9 7900X

1323

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X +42%

12202

Intel Core i9 7900X

8536

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X +16%

1309

Intel Core i9 7900X

1127

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X +119%

22365

Intel Core i9 7900X

10189

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X +4%

2674

Intel Core i9 7900X

2556

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X +200%

62989

Intel Core i9 7900X

20991

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X

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Intel Core i9 7900X

General Parameters

Nov 2019

Release Date

May 2017

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 2

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i9-7900X

sTRX4

Socket

LGA-2066

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

23.5 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

sTRX4

Socket

LGA-2066

280 W

Power Consumption

140 W

68 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

CPU Performance

32

Performance Cores

10

64

Performance Core Threads

20

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.3 GHz

4.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.3 GHz

32

Total Core Count

10

64

Total Thread Count

20

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

37x

Multiplier

33x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

128 MB shared

L3 Cache

14 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

256 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

4

95.37 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

79.47 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X

Official Website

Intel Core i9 7900X

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

64

PCIe Lanes

44

-

Extended Instruction Set

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

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