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
Launch date September 2018 vs September 2017
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 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: 2495 vs 2269
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 28922 vs 13465
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 16 vs 6
Number of threads 32 vs 12
Maximum frequency 4.20 GHz vs 3.9 GHz
Maximum core temperature 98°C vs 95°C
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 576 KB
L2 cache 1024 KB (per core) vs 3 MB
L3 cache 22528 KB (shared) vs 16 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2495 vs 2269
PassMark - CPU mark 28922 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
2495
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
13465
28922
Name AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 Intel Core i9-7960X
PassMark - Single thread mark 2269 2495
PassMark - CPU mark 13465 28922
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1111
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 13236
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 11415
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 21.307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 175.691
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.437
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 12.347
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 31.909

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 Intel Core i9-7960X

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Skylake
Family AMD Ryzen PRO Processors
Launch date September 2018 September 2017
OPN Tray YD260BBBM6IAF
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 987 941
Series AMD Ryzen 5 PRO Desktop Processors Intel® Core™ X-series Processors
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $1,810
Price now $1,899
Processor Number i9-7960X
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 3.99

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.4 GHz 2.80 GHz
Die size 192 mm
L1 cache 576 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 3 MB 1024 KB (per core)
L3 cache 16 MB 22528 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C 98°C
Maximum frequency 3.9 GHz 4.20 GHz
Number of cores 6 16
Number of threads 12 32
Transistor count 4800 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3
Number of QPI Links 0

Memory

Max memory channels 2 4
Supported memory frequency 2933 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4 DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size 128 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM4 FCLGA2066
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 165 Watt
Thermal Solution Not included PCG 2017X
Low Halogen Options Available

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
Max number of PCIe lanes 44
Scalability 1S Only

Advanced Technologies

Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units 2

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)