AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X vs Intel Core i9 9900

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X

Intel Core i9 9900

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X with 24 cores 4.2GHz and Intel Core i9 9900 with 8 cores 3.1GHz . 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 4 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (166.4GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.2GHz vs 3.1GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Intel Core i9 9900 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Lower TDP (65W vs 350W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X +110%

3337

Intel Core i9 9900

1589

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X +298%

28707

Intel Core i9 9900

7205

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X

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Intel Core i9 9900

General Parameters

Oct 2023

Release Date

Apr 2019

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

-

Instruction Set

x86-64

Storm Peak

Core Architecture

Coffee Lake

-

Processor Number

i9-9900

AMD Socket sTR5

Socket

LGA-1151

N/A

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

Ryzen Threadripper (Zen 4 (Storm Peak))

Generation

-

Package

26.28 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

350 W

Power Consumption

65 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

8

-

Performance Core Threads

16

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.1 GHz

5.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5 GHz

24

Total Core Count

8

48

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

42x

Multiplier

31x

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

24 MB

L2 Cache

256 K per core

0 MB shared

L3 Cache

16 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

1 TB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

2

166.4 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

41.6 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

350 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1200 MHz

-

Shader Units

192

-

Texture Units

24

-

Raster Operation Units

3

-

Execution Units

24

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Max Resolution

4096x2304 - 60 Hz

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Graphics Performance

0.38 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X

Official Website

Intel Core i9 9900

5

PCIe Version

3.0

88

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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