AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X vs Intel Core i7 7820X

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X

Intel Core i7 7820X

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X with 64 cores 3.2GHz and Intel Core i7 7820X 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 7980X 's Advantages

Released 6 years and 5 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (166.4GB/s vs 79.47GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 11MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Intel Core i7 7820X 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.2GHz)

Lower TDP (140W vs 350W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X +41%

1891

Intel Core i7 7820X

1338

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X +636%

98341

Intel Core i7 7820X

13358

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X +125%

2828

Intel Core i7 7820X

1252

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X +257%

26811

Intel Core i7 7820X

7510

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X

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Intel Core i7 7820X

General Parameters

Oct 2023

Release Date

May 2017

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

-

Instruction Set

x86-64

Storm Peak

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i7-7820X

AMD Socket sTR5

Socket

LGA-2066

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Ryzen Threadripper (Zen 4 (Storm Peak))

Generation

-

Package

52.56 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

350 W

Power Consumption

140 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

99 °C

TSMC

Foundry

-

8x71 mm²

Die Size

-

6 nm

I/O Process Size

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388 mm

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

8

-

Performance Core Threads

16

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

5.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.3 GHz

64

Total Core Count

8

128

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

32.0

Multiplier

36x

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

64 MB

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

256 MB

L3 Cache

11 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

1

SMP

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

1 TB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

4

166.4 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

79.47 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X

Official Website

Intel Core i7 7820X

5

PCIe Version

3.0

48

PCIe Lanes

28

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512

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