AMD Ryzen 7 160 vs Intel Core i9 7980XE
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2025
Sep 2017
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Core Architecture
Rembrandt-R
Skylake
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 680M
N/A
Generation
Ryzen 7 (Zen 3+ (Rembrandt))
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Instruction Set
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x86-64
Processor Number
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i9-7980XE
Package
Manufacturing Process
6 nm
14 nm
Socket
AMD Socket FP7
LGA-2066
Power Consumption
28 W
165 W
Peak Operating Temperature
95°C
94 °C
Foundry
TSMC
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Die Size
210 mm²
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Package
FP7r2
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CPU Performance
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.7 GHz
2.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.75 GHz
4.2 GHz
Total Core Count
8
18
Total Thread Count
16
36
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
27.0
26x
L1 Cache
64 KB per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
512 KB per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
16 MB shared
25 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
SMP
1
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Performance Cores
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18
Performance Core Threads
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36
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-4800
DDR4-2666
Max Memory Channels
2
4
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Max Memory Size
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128 GB
Max Memory Bandwidth
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79.47 GB/s
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4
3.0
PCIe Lanes
20
44
Extended Instruction Set
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SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
Benchmark
Geekbench 6
2,343
1,410
Geekbench 6
10,635
11,418
Cinebench R23
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1,263
Cinebench R23
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28,196
Passmark CPU
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2,492
Passmark CPU
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30,462
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.