AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3350GE vs Intel Core i9-7960X

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3350GE and Intel Core i9-7960X processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Security & Reliability, Virtualization. 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 3350GE

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 14 nm
  • 4.7x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 165 Watt
Launch date 21 Jul 2020 vs September 2017
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 165 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i9-7960X

  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 12 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 4
  • 24 more threads: 32 vs 8
  • Around 8% higher clock speed: 4.20 GHz vs 3.9 GHz
  • Around 3% higher maximum core temperature: 98°C vs 95 °C
  • 2.7x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 5.5x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2504 vs 2340
  • 3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 28754 vs 9643
Specifications (specs)
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 16 vs 4
Number of threads 32 vs 8
Maximum frequency 4.20 GHz vs 3.9 GHz
Maximum core temperature 98°C vs 95 °C
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 384 KB
L2 cache 1024 KB (per core) vs 2 MB
L3 cache 22528 KB (shared) vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2504 vs 2340
PassMark - CPU mark 28754 vs 9643

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3350GE
CPU 2: Intel Core i9-7960X

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2340
2504
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
9643
28754
Name AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3350GE Intel Core i9-7960X
PassMark - Single thread mark 2340 2504
PassMark - CPU mark 9643 28754
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 3350GE Intel Core i9-7960X

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen+ Skylake
Launch date 21 Jul 2020 September 2017
OPN Tray YD335BC6M4MFH
Place in performance rating 913 919
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $1,810
Price now $1,899
Processor Number i9-7960X
Series Intel® Core™ X-series Processors
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 3.99

Performance

Base frequency 3.3 GHz 2.80 GHz
L1 cache 384 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 2 MB 1024 KB (per core)
L3 cache 4 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 4 16
Number of GPU cores 10
Number of threads 8 32
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3
Number of QPI Links 0

Memory

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

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 1200 MHz
iGPU core count 10
Processor graphics Radeon Graphics

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM4 FCLGA2066
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 165 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Thermal Solution PCG 2017X

Peripherals

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

Advanced Technologies

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

Security & Reliability

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

Virtualization

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