AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX vs Intel Core i7 7800X

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX Intel Core i7 7800X

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX with 32 cores 3.0GHz and Intel Core i7 7800X with 6 cores 3.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 3 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2933 vs DDR4-2400)

Larger memory bandwidth (87.42GB/s vs 79.47GB/s)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 8MB)

Intel Core i7 7800X 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 3.0GHz)

Lower TDP (140W vs 250W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX +4%

1005

Intel Core i7 7800X

963

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX +307%

29651

Intel Core i7 7800X

7269

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

1253

Intel Core i7 7800X +8%

1362

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX +22%

7480

Intel Core i7 7800X

6082

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

977

Intel Core i7 7800X +9%

1069

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX +163%

17328

Intel Core i7 7800X

6578

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

2278

Intel Core i7 7800X +5%

2409

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX +147%

31873

Intel Core i7 7800X

12894

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

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Intel Core i7 7800X

General Parameters

Aug 2018

Release Date

May 2017

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen+

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i7-7800X

sTR4

Socket

LGA-2066

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

19.2 billions

Transistor Count

-

12 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

sTR4

Socket

LGA-2066

250 W

Power Consumption

140 W

68 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

32

Performance Cores

6

64

Performance Core Threads

12

3.0 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.5 GHz

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4 GHz

32

Total Core Count

6

64

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

30x

Multiplier

35x

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2933

Memory Types

DDR4-2400

2048 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

4

87.42 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

79.47 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

Official Website

Intel Core i7 7800X

3.0

PCIe Version

3.0

60

PCIe Lanes

28

-

Extended Instruction Set

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

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