AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X vs Intel Core i5 7640X

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X

Intel Core i5 7640X

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X with 24 cores 4.2GHz and Intel Core i5 7640X with 4 cores 4.0GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X 's Advantages

Released 6 years and 5 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (166.4GB/s vs 42.7GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.2GHz vs 4.0GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Intel Core i5 7640X 's Advantages

Lower TDP (112W vs 350W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X +135%

3337

Intel Core i5 7640X

1419

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X +670%

28707

Intel Core i5 7640X

3726

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X

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Intel Core i5 7640X

General Parameters

Oct 2023

Release Date

May 2017

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

-

Instruction Set

x86-64

Storm Peak

Core Architecture

Kaby Lake

-

Processor Number

i5-7640X

AMD Socket sTR5

Socket

LGA-2066

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Ryzen Threadripper (Zen 4 (Storm Peak))

Generation

-

Package

26.28 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

350 W

Power Consumption

112 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

TSMC

Foundry

-

4x71 mm²

Die Size

-

6 nm

I/O Process Size

-

388 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

4

-

Performance Core Threads

4

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.0 GHz

5.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.2 GHz

24

Total Core Count

4

48

Total Thread Count

4

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

-

42x

Multiplier

39x

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

24 MB

L2 Cache

256 K per core

0 MB shared

L3 Cache

6 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

1

SMP

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

1 TB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

2

166.4 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

42.7 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X

Official Website

Intel Core i5 7640X

5

PCIe Version

3.0

88

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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