Intel Core i9 7900X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

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We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i9 7900X with 10 cores 3.3GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT with 6 cores 3.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core i9 7900X 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (79.47GB/s vs 47.68GB/s)

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 2 months late

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

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 3.3GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 14MB)

Lower TDP (95W vs 140W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i9 7900X

1203

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT +10%

1324

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i9 7900X +20%

11804

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

9770

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i9 7900X

1323

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT +33%

1767

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i9 7900X +12%

8536

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

7554

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i9 7900X

1127

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT +18%

1339

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i9 7900X +34%

10189

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

7577

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i9 7900X

2556

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT +7%

2740

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i9 7900X +13%

20991

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

18504

Intel Core i9 7900X

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AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

General Parameters

May 2017

Release Date

Jul 2020

Intel

Manufacturer

Amd

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Skylake

Core Architecture

Zen 2 (Matisse)

i9-7900X

Processor Number

-

LGA-2066

Socket

AM4

N/A

Integrated Graphics

No

Package

-

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

LGA-2066

Socket

AM4

140 W

Power Consumption

95 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

95°C

CPU Performance

10

Performance Cores

6

20

Performance Core Threads

12

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.8 GHz

4.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.5 GHz

10

Total Core Count

6

20

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

33x

Multiplier

36x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

14 MB shared

L3 Cache

32 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

79.47 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

47.68 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i9 7900X

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

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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