Intel Core i9 7900X vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

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Intel Core i9 7900X

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i9 7900X with 10 cores 3.3GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 9600X with 6 cores 3.9GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 's Advantages

Released 7 years and 1 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (5600 vs 2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (89.6GB/s vs 79.47GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.9GHz vs 3.3GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 14MB)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (65W vs 140W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i9 7900X

1203

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X +76%

2119

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i9 7900X

14998

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X +8%

16284

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i9 7900X

1323

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X +151%

3331

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i9 7900X

8536

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X +76%

15031

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i9 7900X

2556

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X +78%

4571

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i9 7900X

20991

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X +42%

29828

Intel Core i9 7900X

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AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

General Parameters

May 2017

Release Date

Jun 2024

Intel

Manufacturer

Amd

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Skylake

Core Architecture

Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)

i9-7900X

Processor Number

-

LGA-2066

Socket

AM5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Graphics

-

Generation

Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)

Package

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

140 W

Power Consumption

65 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

-

Foundry

TSMC

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

CPU Performance

10

Performance Cores

6

20

Performance Core Threads

12

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.9 GHz

4.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.4 GHz

10

Total Core Count

6

20

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

33x

Multiplier

39

64 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

14 MB shared

L3 Cache

32 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR5-5600

128 GB

Max Memory Size

192 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

2

79.47 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

89.6 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

2200 MHz

-

Execution Units

2

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i9 7900X

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

3.0

PCIe Version

5.0

44

PCIe Lanes

28

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

Extended Instruction Set

-

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