Intel Core i9 7920X vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

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We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i9 7920X with 12 cores 2.9GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 5600X with 6 cores 3.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core i9 7920X 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (85GB/s vs 47.68GB/s)

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 2 months late

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

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 2.9GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 17MB)

Lower TDP (65W vs 140W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i9 7920X

1053

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X +106%

2173

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i9 7920X

4327

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X +111%

9138

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i9 7920X

1137

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X +44%

1644

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i9 7920X +34%

11828

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

8821

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i9 7920X

2488

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X +35%

3361

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i9 7920X +7%

23468

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

21921

Intel Core i9 7920X

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

General Parameters

Aug 2017

Release Date

Oct 2020

Intel

Manufacturer

Amd

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Skylake

Core Architecture

Zen 3 (Vermeer)

i9-7920X

Processor Number

-

LGA-2066

Socket

AM4

N/A

Integrated Graphics

No

Package

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

LGA-2066

Socket

AM4

140 W

Power Consumption

65 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

95°C

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

6

24

Performance Core Threads

12

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.7 GHz

4.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.6 GHz

12

Total Core Count

6

24

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

29x

Multiplier

37x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

17 MB shared

L3 Cache

32 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

2

85 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

47.68 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i9 7920X

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

3.0

PCIe Version

4.0

44

PCIe Lanes

20

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

Extended Instruction Set

-

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