AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X vs Intel Core i9 7920X

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X Intel Core i9 7920X

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X with 64 cores 2.9GHz and Intel Core i9 7920X with 12 cores 2.9GHz . 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 2 years and 5 months late

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

Larger memory bandwidth (95.37GB/s vs 85GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 17MB)

Intel Core i9 7920X 's Advantages

Lower TDP (140W vs 280W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X +8%

1138

Intel Core i9 7920X

1053

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X +159%

11211

Intel Core i9 7920X

4327

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X +11%

1265

Intel Core i9 7920X

1137

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X +132%

27453

Intel Core i9 7920X

11828

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X +3%

2564

Intel Core i9 7920X

2488

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X +242%

80316

Intel Core i9 7920X

23468

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X

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Intel Core i9 7920X

General Parameters

Jan 2020

Release Date

Aug 2017

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 2

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i9-7920X

sTRX4

Socket

LGA-2066

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

19.2 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

sTRX4

Socket

LGA-2066

280 W

Power Consumption

140 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

CPU Performance

64

Performance Cores

12

128

Performance Core Threads

24

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.9 GHz

4.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.3 GHz

64

Total Core Count

12

128

Total Thread Count

24

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

29x

Multiplier

29x

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

128 MB shared

L3 Cache

17 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

85 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X

Official Website

Intel Core i9 7920X

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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