Intel Core i9 7980XE vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT

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We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i9 7980XE with 18 cores 2.6GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT with 6 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core i9 7980XE 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (79.47GB/s vs 51.2GB/s)

Larger L3 cache size (25MB vs 16MB)

AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT 's Advantages

Released 6 years and 4 months late

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

Newer PCIe version (3 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 2.6GHz)

Lower TDP (65W vs 165W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i9 7980XE

1410

AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT +43%

2017

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i9 7980XE +39%

11418

AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT

8165

Intel Core i9 7980XE

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AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT

General Parameters

Sep 2017

Release Date

Jan 2024

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

-

Skylake

Core Architecture

Cezanne

i9-7980XE

Processor Number

-

LGA-2066

Socket

AMD Socket AM4

N/A

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Vega 7

-

Generation

Ryzen 5 (Zen 3 (Cezanne))

Package

-

Transistor Count

10.7 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

LGA-2066

Socket

AMD Socket AM4

165 W

Power Consumption

65 W

94 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

-

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

180 mm²

-

Package

µOPGA-1331

CPU Performance

18

Performance Cores

-

36

Performance Core Threads

-

2.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.4 GHz

18

Total Core Count

6

36

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

26x

Multiplier

36.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

512 KB per core

25 MB shared

L3 Cache

16 MB

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

-

4

Max Memory Channels

2

79.47 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

51.2 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i9 7980XE

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT

3.0

PCIe Version

3

44

PCIe Lanes

16

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

Extended Instruction Set

-

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