Intel Core i9 9900KF vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X

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Intel Core i9 9900KF

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X

We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i9 9900KF with 8 cores 3.6GHz and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X with 32 cores 4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core i9 9900KF 's Advantages

Lower TDP (95W vs 350W)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 9 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 2666)

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

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4GHz vs 3.6GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 16MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i9 9900KF

1612

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X +82%

2942

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i9 9900KF

7648

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X +233%

25488

Intel Core i9 9900KF

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X

General Parameters

Jan 2019

Release Date

Oct 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

-

Coffee Lake

Core Architecture

Storm Peak

i9-9900KF

Processor Number

-

LGA-1151

Socket

AMD Socket sTR5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

-

Generation

Ryzen Threadripper (Zen 4 (Storm Peak))

Package

-

Transistor Count

26.28 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

95 W

Power Consumption

350 W

100 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

4x71 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

388 mm²

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

-

16

Performance Core Threads

-

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4 GHz

5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.3 GHz

8

Total Core Count

32

16

Total Thread Count

64

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36x

Multiplier

40.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

32 MB

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

128 MB

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

1 TB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

41.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

166.4 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i9 9900KF

Official Website

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X

3.0

PCIe Version

5

16

PCIe Lanes

88

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

Extended Instruction Set

-

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