AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX vs Intel Core i9 7960X

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX Intel Core i9 7960X

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX with 32 cores 3.6GHz and Intel Core i9 7960X with 16 cores 2.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-2666)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 2.8GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 22MB)

Intel Core i9 7960X 's Advantages

Lower TDP (165W vs 280W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX +34%

1475

Intel Core i9 7960X

1099

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX +261%

53977

Intel Core i9 7960X

14950

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX +51%

1992

Intel Core i9 7960X

1313

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX +54%

13993

Intel Core i9 7960X

9066

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX

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Intel Core i9 7960X

General Parameters

Mar 2022

Release Date

Sep 2017

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

-

Instruction Set

x86-64

Chagall PRO

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i9-7960X

AMD Socket WRX8

Socket

LGA-2066

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Ryzen Threadripper (Zen 3 (Chagall))

Generation

-

Package

16.6 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AMD Socket WRX8

Socket

LGA-2066

280 W

Power Consumption

165 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

98 °C

TSMC

Foundry

-

4x81 mm²

Die Size

-

14 nm

I/O Process Size

-

416 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

sWRX8

Package

-

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

16

-

Performance Core Threads

32

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.8 GHz

4.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.2 GHz

32

Total Core Count

16

64

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36.0

Multiplier

28x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

128 MB

L3 Cache

22 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

1

SMP

-

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

-

Max Memory Size

128 GB

8

Max Memory Channels

4

-

Max Memory Bandwidth

79.47 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i9 7960X

4

PCIe Version

3.0

128

PCIe Lanes

44

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512

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