Intel Core i9 7960X vs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Sep 2017
Jan 2022
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Rembrandt
Processor Number
i9-7960X
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Integrated Graphics
N/A
Radeon 680M
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
6 nm
Socket
LGA-2066
FP7
Power Consumption
165 W
35 W
Peak Operating Temperature
98 °C
95 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
16
8
Performance Core Threads
32
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.8 GHz
3.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.2 GHz
4.9 GHz
Total Core Count
16
8
Total Thread Count
32
16
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
28x
33x
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
No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
DDR5-5200, LPDDR5-6400
Max Memory Size
128 GB
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Max Memory Channels
4
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
79.47 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
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Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
44
20
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
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Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
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true
GPU Base Frequency
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2000 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
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2400 MHz
Shader Units
—
768
Texture Units
—
48
Raster Operation Units
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32
Execution Units
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12
Power Consumption
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15 W
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,099
1,557
Cinebench R23
22,189
12,922
Geekbench 6
1,313
1,985
Geekbench 6
9,066
9,206
Passmark CPU
2,489
3,323
Passmark CPU
26,917
23,895
Geekbench 5
—
1,526
Geekbench 5
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9,154
Blender
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213
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.