AMD Ryzen 7 1700 vs Intel Core i9 7960X

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 with 8 cores 3.0GHz 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 7 1700 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.0GHz vs 2.8GHz)

Lower TDP (65W vs 165W)

Intel Core i9 7960X 's Advantages

Released 6 months late

Larger memory bandwidth (79.47GB/s vs 39.74GB/s)

Larger L3 cache size (22MB vs 16MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700

943

Intel Core i9 7960X +16%

1099

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700

8046

Intel Core i9 7960X +85%

14950

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700

1007

Intel Core i9 7960X +30%

1313

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700

4364

Intel Core i9 7960X +107%

9066

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700

953

Intel Core i9 7960X +16%

1111

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700

6212

Intel Core i9 7960X +120%

13687

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700

1981

Intel Core i9 7960X +25%

2489

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700

14717

Intel Core i9 7960X +82%

26917

AMD Ryzen 7 1700

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Intel Core i9 7960X

General Parameters

Mar 2017

Release Date

Sep 2017

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i9-7960X

AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

65 W

Power Consumption

165 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

98 °C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

16

Performance Core Threads

32

3.0 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.8 GHz

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.2 GHz

8

Total Core Count

16

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

30x

Multiplier

28x

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

22 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

64 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

39.74 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

79.47 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 7 1700

Official Website

Intel Core i9 7960X

3.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

44

-

Extended Instruction Set

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

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