AMD Ryzen 7 5800 vs Intel Core i9-7980XE

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 5800 and Intel Core i9-7980XE 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 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 7 5800

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 10% higher clock speed: 4.6 GHz vs 4.20 GHz
  • Around 1% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 94°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 29% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 165 Watt
  • Around 37% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3394 vs 2481
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 vs September 2017
Maximum frequency 4.6 GHz vs 4.20 GHz
Maximum core temperature 95 °C vs 94°C
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
L3 cache 32 MB vs 25344 KB (shared)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 165 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3394 vs 2481

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i9-7980XE

  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 10 more cores, run more applications at once: 18 vs 8
  • 20 more threads: 36 vs 16
  • 2.3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4.5x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 17% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 30186 vs 25842
  • Around 53% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score: 10876 vs 7120
Specifications (specs)
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 18 vs 8
Number of threads 36 vs 16
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 512 KB
L2 cache 1024 KB (per core) vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 30186 vs 25842
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 10876 vs 7120

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 5800
CPU 2: Intel Core i9-7980XE

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3394
2481
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
25842
30186
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score
CPU 1
CPU 2
7120
10876
Name AMD Ryzen 7 5800 Intel Core i9-7980XE
PassMark - Single thread mark 3394 2481
PassMark - CPU mark 25842 30186
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 7120 10876
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1177
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 16370
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 40.947
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 484.771
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.237
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 21.073
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 218.231

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 7 5800 Intel Core i9-7980XE

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 3 Skylake
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 September 2017
OPN Tray 100-000000456
Place in performance rating 559 176
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $1,999
Price now $2,005.50
Processor Number i9-7980XE
Series Intel® Core™ X-series Processors
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 4.08

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.4 GHz 2.60 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 4 MB 1024 KB (per core)
L3 cache 32 MB 25344 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 94°C
Maximum frequency 4.6 GHz 4.20 GHz
Number of cores 8 18
Number of threads 16 36
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3
Number of QPI Links 0
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 2 4
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 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
Low Halogen Options Available
Thermal Solution PCG 2017X

Peripherals

Number of USB ports 4.0
Max number of PCIe lanes 44
PCI Express revision 3.0
Scalability 1S Only

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
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)