AMD Ryzen 7 5700X vs Intel Core i9 7960X
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Apr 2022
Sep 2017
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen 3
Skylake
Processor Number
Vermeer
i9-7960X
Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Package
Manufacturing Process
7 nm
14 nm
Socket
AM4
LGA-2066
Power Consumption
65 W
165 W
Peak Operating Temperature
90 °C
98 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
16
Performance Core Threads
16
32
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.4 GHz
2.8 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.6 GHz
4.2 GHz
Total Core Count
8
16
Total Thread Count
16
32
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
34x
28x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
4 M
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
32 MB shared
22 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-3200
DDR4-2666
Max Memory Size
128 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
51.2 GB/s
79.47 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
—
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
20
44
Extended Instruction Set
—
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,501
1,099
Cinebench R23
14,028
22,189
Geekbench 6
2,178
1,313
Geekbench 5
1,625
—
Geekbench 6
9,964
9,066
Geekbench 5
9,452
—
Cinebench 2024
92
—
Cinebench 2024
852
—
Passmark CPU
3,363
2,489
Passmark CPU
26,541
26,917
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.