Intel Core i9-7900X vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 7000X AMD Ryzen 7000
• Family
  Intel Core i9 Ryzen
• Generation
  7 6
• Predecessor
  - AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop
• Form Factor
  - Desktops / Boxed Processor
• Series
  - Ryzen 7000 Series

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  3.3 GHz 4.7 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  10 12
• CPU Threads
  20 24
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.3 GHz 5.6 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (10 Cores)
  4 GHz -
• Core Configuration
  - 12x
• Max. Boost Clock
  - 5.6 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (12 Cores)
  - 5.4 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  None AMD Radeon Graphics
• Graphics verification source
  https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000027144/processors/intel-core-processors.html -
• DirectX Version
  - 12
• Execution units
  - 2
• Generation
  - 9
• GPU Frequency
  - 2200 MHz
• GPU Turbo
  - 2200 MHz
• Graphics Cores
  - 2
• Max. displays
  - 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 8 GB
• Release date
  - Q3/2022
• Shader
  - 128
• Technology
  - 5 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 9 7900X and Intel Core i9-7900X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Max. Memory
  - 128 GB
• Memory channels
  4 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2666 DDR5
• PCIe lanes
  44 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -
• Memory Bandwidth
  - 83.2 GB/s
• PCIe
  - 5.0 x 24

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i9-7900X and AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  - 95 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  140 W 170 W
• TDP (PL2)
  - 230 W
• Default TDP
  - 170 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i9-7900X and AMD Ryzen 9 7900X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Skylake X Raphael (Zen 4)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
• L2-Cache
  - 12 MB
• L3-Cache
  14 MB 64 MB
• Part Number
  - 100-100000589WOF
• Release date
  Q2/2017 2022-09-27
• Socket
  LGA 2066 AM5
• Technology
  14 nm TSMC 5nm FinFET
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
• Chip design
  - Chiplet
• Codename
  - Raphael AM5
• Documents
  - Technical data sheet
• Official source
  - https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/desktops/ryzen/7000-series/amd-ryzen-9-7900x.html
• Operating systems
  - Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
• Release price
  - 549 $
• Verification scope
  - Explicit manufacturer fields refreshed; other original historical fields retained, not all reverified. Partial composite conflicts are preserved.
• Verified on
  - 2026-09-30