Intel Core i9 7960X vs AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Sep 2017
Apr 2020
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Zen 2
Processor Number
i9-7960X
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Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
7 nm
Socket
LGA-2066
AM4
Power Consumption
165 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
98 °C
95 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
16
4
Performance Core Threads
32
8
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.8 GHz
3.8 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.2 GHz
4.3 GHz
Total Core Count
16
4
Total Thread Count
32
8
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
28x
38x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
512 K per core
L3 Cache
22 MB shared
16 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
128 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
4
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
79.47 GB/s
51.2 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
44
16
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,099
1,299
Cinebench R23
22,189
6,787
Geekbench 6
1,313
1,685
Geekbench 6
9,066
5,874
Passmark CPU
2,489
2,660
Passmark CPU
26,917
12,651
Geekbench 5
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1,337
Geekbench 5
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5,577
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.