AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X vs Intel Core i5 7500

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X Intel Core i5 7500

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X with 64 cores 2.9GHz and Intel Core i5 7500 with 4 cores 3.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X's Advantages

Released 3 years late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-2400)

Larger memory bandwidth (95.37GB/s vs 35.76GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 6MB)

Intel Core i5 7500's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Higher base frequency (3.4GHz vs 2.9GHz)

Lower TDP (65W vs 280W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X

1138

Intel Core i5 7500 +5%

1197

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X +303%

11211

Intel Core i5 7500

2777

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X +34%

1265

Intel Core i5 7500

940

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X +730%

27453

Intel Core i5 7500

3304

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X +13%

2564

Intel Core i5 7500

2266

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X +1232%

80316

Intel Core i5 7500

6028

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X

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Intel Core i5 7500

General Parameters

Jan 2020

Release Date

Jan 2017

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 2

Core Architecture

Kaby Lake

-

Processor Number

i5-7500

sTRX4

Socket

LGA-1151

N/A

Integrated Graphics

HD Graphics 630

Package

19.2 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

sTRX4

Socket

LGA-1151

280 W

Power Consumption

65 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

64

Performance Cores

4

128

Performance Core Threads

4

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.4 GHz

4.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.8 GHz

64

Total Core Count

4

128

Total Thread Count

4

100MHz

Bus Frequency

100MHz

29x

Multiplier

34x

96K per core

L1 Cache

64K per core

512K per core

L2 Cache

256K per core

128MB shared

L3 Cache

6MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2400, DDR3L-1600

256GB

Max Memory Size

64GB

4

Max Memory Channels

2

95.37 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

35.76 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

True

-

GPU Base Frequency

350 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1100 MHz

-

Shader Units

192

-

Texture Units

24

-

Raster Operation Units

3

-

Execution Units

24

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Max Resolution

4096x2304 - 60 Hz

-

Graphics Performance

0.44 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X

Official Website

Intel Core i5 7500

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

64

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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