Intel Core i9 7980XE vs AMD Ryzen 7 8700F

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Intel Core i9 7980XE

AMD Ryzen 7 8700F

We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i9 7980XE with 18 cores 2.6GHz and AMD Ryzen 7 8700F with 8 cores 4.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core i9 7980XE 's Advantages

Larger L3 cache size (25MB vs 16MB)

AMD Ryzen 7 8700F 's Advantages

Released 6 years and 8 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (83.2GB/s vs 79.47GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.1GHz vs 2.6GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (65W vs 165W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i9 7980XE

1263

AMD Ryzen 7 8700F +41%

1788

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i9 7980XE +60%

28196

AMD Ryzen 7 8700F

17614

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i9 7980XE

1410

AMD Ryzen 7 8700F +94%

2745

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i9 7980XE

11418

AMD Ryzen 7 8700F +25%

14317

Blender

Intel Core i9 7980XE +26%

305

AMD Ryzen 7 8700F

241

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i9 7980XE

2492

AMD Ryzen 7 8700F +56%

3904

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i9 7980XE

30462

AMD Ryzen 7 8700F +2%

31075

Intel Core i9 7980XE

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AMD Ryzen 7 8700F

General Parameters

Sep 2017

Release Date

May 2024

Intel

Manufacturer

Amd

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Skylake

Core Architecture

Zen 4 (Phoenix)

i9-7980XE

Processor Number

-

LGA-2066

Socket

AM5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

No

-

Generation

Ryzen 7 (Zen 4 (Phoenix))

Package

-

Transistor Count

25 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

165 W

Power Consumption

45-65 W

94 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

-

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

178 mm²

CPU Performance

18

Performance Cores

8

36

Performance Core Threads

16

2.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.1 GHz

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5 GHz

18

Total Core Count

8

36

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

26x

Multiplier

41

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

25 MB shared

L3 Cache

16 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

256 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

2

79.47 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

83.2 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

AI Accelerator

-

NPU

AMD Ryzen™ AI

-

Theoretical performance

16 TOPS

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i9 7980XE

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 7 8700F

3.0

PCIe Version

4.0

44

PCIe Lanes

20

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

Extended Instruction Set

-

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