Intel Core i7 7800X vs AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

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We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i7 7800X with 6 cores 3.5GHz and AMD Ryzen 7 3700X with 8 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core i7 7800X 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (79.47GB/s vs 47.68GB/s)

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 2 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-2400)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.5GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 8MB)

Lower TDP (65W vs 140W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i7 7800X

963

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X +39%

1344

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 7800X

7269

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X +67%

12181

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i7 7800X

1362

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X +19%

1629

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 7800X

6082

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X +33%

8104

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i7 7800X

1069

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X +19%

1275

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 7800X

6578

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X +27%

8375

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i7 7800X

2409

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X +9%

2646

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i7 7800X

12894

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X +75%

22611

Intel Core i7 7800X

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AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

General Parameters

May 2017

Release Date

Jul 2019

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Skylake

Core Architecture

Zen 2

i7-7800X

Processor Number

-

LGA-2066

Socket

AM4

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

-

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

LGA-2066

Socket

AM4

140 W

Power Consumption

65 W

100 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

8

12

Performance Core Threads

16

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.4 GHz

6

Total Core Count

8

12

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

Multiplier

36x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

8 MB shared

L3 Cache

32 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2400

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

2

79.47 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

47.68 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i7 7800X

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

3.0

PCIe Version

4.0

28

PCIe Lanes

16

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

Extended Instruction Set

-

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