Intel Core i9 7900X vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

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Intel Core i9 7900X

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i9 7900X with 10 cores 3.3GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 7950X with 16 cores 4.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core i9 7900X 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (79.47GB/s vs 73.4GB/s)

Lower TDP (140W vs 170W)

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 's Advantages

Released 5 years and 3 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 2666)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.5GHz vs 3.3GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 14MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i9 7900X

1203

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +71%

2059

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i9 7900X

14998

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +154%

38165

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i9 7900X

1323

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +131%

3068

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i9 7900X

8536

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +150%

21409

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i9 7900X

1127

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +98%

2232

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i9 7900X

10189

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +137%

24244

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i9 7900X

2556

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +67%

4286

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i9 7900X

20991

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +200%

62987

Intel Core i9 7900X

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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

General Parameters

May 2017

Release Date

Aug 2022

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Skylake

Core Architecture

Zen 4 (Raphael)

i9-7900X

Processor Number

-

LGA-2066

Socket

AM5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Package

-

Transistor Count

13.1 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

140 W

Power Consumption

170 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

230 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

95°C

CPU Performance

10

Performance Cores

16

20

Performance Core Threads

32

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.5 GHz

4.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.7 GHz

10

Total Core Count

16

20

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

33x

Multiplier

45x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

14 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

2

79.47 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

73.4 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

1500 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

2200 MHz

-

Shader Units

448

-

Texture Units

8

-

Raster Operation Units

4

-

Execution Units

2

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Graphics Performance

1.43 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i9 7900X

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

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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