Intel Core i9-7940X vs AMD Ryzen 3 1200 [12nm]. Specifications

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 7000X AMD Ryzen 2000
• Family
  Intel Core i9 AMD Ryzen
• Generation
  7 2
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server

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

• Base Frequency
  3.1 GHz 3.1 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  14 4
• CPU Threads
  28 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.3 GHz 3.4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (14 Cores)
  3.7 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 3.1 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 no iGPU
• GPU Turbo
  - No turbo

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 3 1200 [12nm] and Intel Core i9-7940X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Max. Memory
  - 64 GB
• Memory channels
  4 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2666 DDR4-2666
• PCIe lanes
  44 20
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i9-7940X and AMD Ryzen 3 1200 [12nm] 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)
  165 W 65 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i9-7940X and AMD Ryzen 3 1200 [12nm], virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Skylake X Pinnacle Ridge (Zen+)
• 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, AVX2, FMA3
• L3-Cache
  19 MB 8 MB
• Release date
  Q4/2017 Q2/2020
• Socket
  LGA 2066 AM4
• Technology
  14 nm 12 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM