Intel Core i9 7980XE vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Sep 2017
Aug 2017
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Zen
Processor Number
i9-7980XE
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Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
14 nm
Socket
LGA-2066
sTR4
Power Consumption
165 W
180 W
Peak Operating Temperature
94 °C
68 °C
Transistor Count
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9.6 billions
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
18
16
Performance Core Threads
36
32
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.6 GHz
3.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.2 GHz
4 GHz
Total Core Count
18
16
Total Thread Count
36
32
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
26x
34x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
96 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
512 K per core
L3 Cache
25 MB shared
32 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
DDR4-2666
Max Memory Size
128 GB
2048 GB
Max Memory Channels
4
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
79.47 GB/s
79.47 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
44
60
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,263
1,027
Cinebench R23
28,196
19,635
Geekbench 6
1,410
1,249
Geekbench 6
11,418
10,364
Passmark CPU
2,492
2,265
Passmark CPU
30,462
27,543
Geekbench 5
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1,020
Geekbench 5
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11,859
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.