Intel Core i9 7920X vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

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We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i9 7920X with 12 cores 2.9GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 3950X with 16 cores 3.5GHz . 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 9 3950X 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 3 months late

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

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2.9GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 17MB)

Lower TDP (105W vs 140W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i9 7920X

1053

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +62%

1709

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i9 7920X

4327

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +169%

11656

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i9 7920X

1137

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +12%

1279

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i9 7920X

11828

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +22%

14487

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i9 7920X

2488

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +8%

2692

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i9 7920X

23468

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +65%

38953

Intel Core i9 7920X

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AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

General Parameters

Aug 2017

Release Date

Nov 2019

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Skylake

Core Architecture

Zen 2

i9-7920X

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

105 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

16

24

Performance Core Threads

32

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.5 GHz

4.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.7 GHz

12

Total Core Count

16

24

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

29x

Multiplier

35x

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

64 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 9 3950X

3.0

PCIe Version

4.0

44

PCIe Lanes

16

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

Extended Instruction Set

-

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