AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X vs Intel Core i9 9900KF

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X Intel Core i9 9900KF

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X with 64 cores 3.2GHz and Intel Core i9 9900KF 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 4 years and 9 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-5200 vs DDR4-2666)

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

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 16MB)

Intel Core i9 9900KF 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.2GHz)

Lower TDP (95W vs 350W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X +50%

1891

Intel Core i9 9900KF

1260

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X +680%

98341

Intel Core i9 9900KF

12606

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X +75%

2828

Intel Core i9 9900KF

1612

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X +250%

26811

Intel Core i9 9900KF

7648

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X

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Intel Core i9 9900KF

General Parameters

Oct 2023

Release Date

Jan 2019

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

-

Instruction Set

x86-64

Storm Peak

Core Architecture

Coffee Lake

-

Processor Number

i9-9900KF

AMD Socket sTR5

Socket

LGA-1151

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

AMD Socket sTR5

Socket

LGA-1151

350 W

Power Consumption

95 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

TSMC

Foundry

-

8x71 mm²

Die Size

-

6 nm

I/O Process Size

-

388 mm

I/O Die Size

-

FC-LGA4844

Package

-

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

5 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

256 K per core

256 MB

L3 Cache

16 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

2

166.4 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

41.6 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X

Official Website

Intel Core i9 9900KF

5

PCIe Version

3.0

48

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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