Intel Core i9 7960X vs AMD Ryzen 5 4600G

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Intel Core i9 7960X

AMD Ryzen 5 4600G

We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i9 7960X with 16 cores 2.8GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 4600G with 6 cores 3.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core i9 7960X 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (79.47GB/s vs 43.71GB/s)

Larger L3 cache size (22MB vs 8MB)

AMD Ryzen 5 4600G 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 10 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2666)

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 2.8GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (65W vs 165W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i9 7960X

1099

AMD Ryzen 5 4600G +10%

1217

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i9 7960X +137%

22189

AMD Ryzen 5 4600G

9332

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i9 7960X

1313

AMD Ryzen 5 4600G +21%

1591

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i9 7960X +53%

9066

AMD Ryzen 5 4600G

5889

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i9 7960X

1111

AMD Ryzen 5 4600G +6%

1178

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i9 7960X +134%

13687

AMD Ryzen 5 4600G

5826

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i9 7960X

2489

AMD Ryzen 5 4600G +6%

2639

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i9 7960X +72%

26917

AMD Ryzen 5 4600G

15640

Intel Core i9 7960X

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AMD Ryzen 5 4600G

General Parameters

Sep 2017

Release Date

Jul 2020

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Skylake

Core Architecture

Zen 2

i9-7960X

Processor Number

-

LGA-2066

Socket

AM4

N/A

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Vega 7

Package

-

Transistor Count

4.9 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

165 W

Power Consumption

45-65 W

98 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

6

32

Performance Core Threads

12

2.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.7 GHz

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.2 GHz

16

Total Core Count

6

32

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

28x

Multiplier

37x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

22 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

2

79.47 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

43.71 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1900 MHz

-

Shader Units

448

-

Texture Units

28

-

Raster Operation Units

7

-

Power Consumption

10-45 W

-

Graphics Performance

1.108 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i9 7960X

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 4600G

3.0

PCIe Version

3.0

44

PCIe Lanes

12

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

Extended Instruction Set

-

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