AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X vs Intel Core i7 7740X

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X Intel Core i7 7740X

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X with 24 cores 4.2GHz and Intel Core i7 7740X with 4 cores 4.3GHz . 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 (DDR5-5200 vs DDR4-2666)

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

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3.0)

Intel Core i7 7740X 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (4.3GHz vs 4.2GHz)

Lower TDP (112W vs 350W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X +114%

3337

Intel Core i7 7740X

1553

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X +420%

28707

Intel Core i7 7740X

5516

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X

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Intel Core i7 7740X

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

i7-7740X

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

AMD Socket sTR5

Socket

LGA-2066

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

-

FC-LGA4844

Package

-

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

4

-

Performance Core Threads

8

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.3 GHz

5.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.5 GHz

24

Total Core Count

4

48

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

-

42x

Multiplier

43x

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

24 MB

L2 Cache

256 K per core

0 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 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 i7 7740X

5

PCIe Version

3.0

88

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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