Intel Core i9 7960X vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Sep 2017
Nov 2019
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
sTRX4
Power Consumption
165 W
280 W
Peak Operating Temperature
98 °C
68 °C
Transistor Count
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23.5 billions
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
16
32
Performance Core Threads
32
64
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.8 GHz
3.7 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.2 GHz
4.5 GHz
Total Core Count
16
32
Total Thread Count
32
64
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
28x
37x
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
128 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
128 GB
256 GB
Max Memory Channels
4
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
79.47 GB/s
95.37 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
44
64
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,099
1,308
Cinebench R23
22,189
46,874
Geekbench 6
1,313
1,463
Geekbench 6
9,066
12,202
Passmark CPU
2,489
2,674
Passmark CPU
26,917
62,989
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.