AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X vs Intel Core i7 10700F

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X Intel Core i7 10700F

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X with 32 cores 3.7GHz and Intel Core i7 10700F with 8 cores 2.9GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-2933)

Larger memory bandwidth (95.37GB/s vs 45.8GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 2.9GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 16MB)

Intel Core i7 10700F 's Advantages

Released 6 months late

Lower TDP (65W vs 280W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X +4%

1308

Intel Core i7 10700F

1251

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X +283%

46874

Intel Core i7 10700F

12223

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X

1463

Intel Core i7 10700F +9%

1608

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X +50%

12202

Intel Core i7 10700F

8118

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X +7%

1309

Intel Core i7 10700F

1213

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X +179%

22365

Intel Core i7 10700F

8003

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X

2674

Intel Core i7 10700F +8%

2890

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X +272%

62989

Intel Core i7 10700F

16898

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X

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Intel Core i7 10700F

General Parameters

Nov 2019

Release Date

May 2020

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 2

Core Architecture

Comet Lake

-

Processor Number

i7-10700F

sTRX4

Socket

LGA-1200

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

23.5 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

sTRX4

Socket

LGA-1200

280 W

Power Consumption

65 W

68 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

32

Performance Cores

8

64

Performance Core Threads

16

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.9 GHz

4.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.8 GHz

32

Total Core Count

8

64

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

37x

Multiplier

29x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

128 MB shared

L3 Cache

16 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2933

256 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

2

95.37 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

45.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X

Official Website

Intel Core i7 10700F

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

64

PCIe Lanes

16

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