AMD Ryzen 9 7900 vs Intel Core i9 7960X
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jan 2023
Sep 2017
Manufacturer
Amd
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen 4 (Raphael)
Skylake
Integrated Graphics
Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
N/A
Processor Number
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i9-7960X
Package
Transistor Count
13.1 billions
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Manufacturing Process
5 nm
14 nm
Socket
AM5
LGA-2066
Power Consumption
65 W
165 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
90 W
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Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
98 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
12
16
Performance Core Threads
24
32
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.7 GHz
2.8 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.4 GHz
4.2 GHz
Total Core Count
12
16
Total Thread Count
24
32
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
37x
28x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
22 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-5200
DDR4-2666
Max Memory Size
128 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
83.2 GB/s
79.47 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
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GPU Base Frequency
400 MHz
—
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2200 MHz
—
Shader Units
128
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Texture Units
8
—
Raster Operation Units
4
—
Execution Units
2
—
Power Consumption
15 W
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Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
5.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
28
44
Extended Instruction Set
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SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,034
1,099
Cinebench R23
29,358
22,189
Geekbench 6
2,946
1,313
Geekbench 6
17,413
9,066
Cinebench 2024
111
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Cinebench 2024
1,525
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Blender
463
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Passmark CPU
4,149
2,489
Passmark CPU
48,837
26,917
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.