AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 vs Intel Core i9-7960X

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 and Intel Core i9-7960X processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2600

• CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 14 nm
• 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 165 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i9-7960X

• 10 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 6
• 20 more threads: 32 vs 12
• Around 8% higher clock speed: 4.20 GHz vs 3.9 GHz
• Around 3% higher maximum core temperature: 98°C vs 95°C
• Around 78% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 5.3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 38% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
• Around 10% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2497 vs 2269
• 2.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 28849 vs 13465

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2600
CPU 2: Intel Core i9-7960X

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	2269 2497
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	13465 28849

Compare specifications (specs)