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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D vs Intel Core i9-7980XE. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q1/2023
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
Released
Q4/2017
Overall score
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Intel Core i9-7980XE
Intel Core i9-7980XE

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D or Intel Core i9-7980XE? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D has a maximum frequency of 4.20 GHz. 16 / 32 Cores. Power consumption of 120 W. Released in Q1/2023.

Intel Core i9-7980XE has a maximum frequency of 2.60 GHz. 18 Cores. Power consumption of 165 W. Released in Q4/2017.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    64 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 38% better clock speed

    4.20 GHz left arrow 2.60 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 26% better overclocked clock speed

    5.70 GHz left arrow 4.20 GHz
  • Performance per watt

    times less performance per watt

    120 W left arrow 165 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    13 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    14 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    10 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    35 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    585 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    15 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
    10 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
    17 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    94 left arrow score
  • More number of cores

    About 1.13 times more cores

    18 left arrow 16

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i9-7980XE CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    191 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    32 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    248 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    45 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    197 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    37 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    374 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    77 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    12 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    180 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    39 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    21 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    56 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    18 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    141 place
  • CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)
    9 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
Intel Core i9-7980XE Intel Core i9-7980XE
CPU family and group

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

  • Family
    AMD Ryzen 9 left arrow Intel Core i9
  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 7000 left arrow Intel Core i 7000X
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Generation
    6 left arrow 7
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow Yes
  • Frequency
    4.20 GHz left arrow 2.60 GHz
IGPU

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
    AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael) left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU frequency
    0.40 GHz left arrow
  • GPU (Turbo)
    2.20 GHz left arrow No turbo
  • Execution units
    2 left arrow
  • Shader
    128 left arrow
  • Max. GPU Memory
    8 GB left arrow --
  • Max. displays
    3 left arrow
  • Generation
    9 left arrow
  • Technology
    5 nm left arrow
  • Release date
    Q3/2022 left arrow
Hardware codec support

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

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • h264
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow No
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i9-7980XE and AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR5-5200 left arrow DDR4-2666
  • Max. Memory
    128 GB left arrow
  • Memory channels
    2 (Dual Channel) left arrow 4
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow No
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D and Intel Core i9-7980XE to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL2)
    162 W left arrow --
  • Tjunction max.
    89 °C left arrow --
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D and AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Technology
    5 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Socket
    AM5 (LGA 1718) left arrow LGA 2066
  • L2-Cache
    16.00 MB left arrow --
  • L3-Cache
    128.00 MB left arrow 25.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Raphael (Zen 4) left arrow Skylake X
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
  • Release date
    Q1/2023 left arrow Q4/2017

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D and Intel Core i9-7980XE.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 SC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading
2043
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
1281
Intel Core i9-7980XE
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 MC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows using a multi-core and hyperthreading
38581
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
28196
Intel Core i9-7980XE
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
2223
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
1176
Intel Core i9-7980XE
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
23460
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
16495
Intel Core i9-7980XE
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks
64125
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
27650
Intel Core i9-7980XE

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