AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X vs Intel Core i7 9700KF

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X

Intel Core i7 9700KF

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X with 64 cores 2.9GHz and Intel Core i7 9700KF 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 Threadripper 3990X 's Advantages

Released 1 years late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (95.37GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 12MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Intel Core i7 9700KF 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 2.9GHz)

Lower TDP (95W vs 280W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X +2%

1262

Intel Core i7 9700KF

1234

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X +732%

75671

Intel Core i7 9700KF

9090

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X

1138

Intel Core i7 9700KF +49%

1704

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X +44%

11211

Intel Core i7 9700KF

7751

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X

1265

Intel Core i7 9700KF

1272

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X +267%

27453

Intel Core i7 9700KF

7462

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X

2564

Intel Core i7 9700KF +12%

2877

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X +459%

80316

Intel Core i7 9700KF

14360

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X

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Intel Core i7 9700KF

General Parameters

Jan 2020

Release Date

Jan 2019

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 2

Core Architecture

Coffee Lake

-

Processor Number

i7-9700KF

sTRX4

Socket

LGA-1151

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

19.2 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

280 W

Power Consumption

95 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

64

Performance Cores

8

128

Performance Core Threads

8

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

4.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.9 GHz

64

Total Core Count

8

128

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

29x

Multiplier

36x

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

128 MB shared

L3 Cache

12 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

2

95.37 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

41.6 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X

Official Website

Intel Core i7 9700KF

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

64

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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