AMD Ryzen 7 7700X vs Intel Core i9-7980XE

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 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 7700X

  • CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 29% higher clock speed: 5.4 GHz vs 4.20 GHz
  • Around 6% higher maximum core temperature: 100 °C vs 94°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 5 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 29% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 57% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 165 Watt
  • Around 70% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 4199 vs 2465
  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 35994 vs 30094
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 Sep 2022 vs September 2017
Maximum frequency 5.4 GHz vs 4.20 GHz
Maximum core temperature 100 °C vs 94°C
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm vs 14 nm
L3 cache 32 MB vs 25344 KB (shared)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 Watt vs 165 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 4199 vs 2465
PassMark - CPU mark 35994 vs 30094

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i9-7980XE

  • 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
  • 2.3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 21% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score: 10876 vs 8965
Specifications (specs)
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 8 MB
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 10876 vs 8965

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
CPU 2: Intel Core i9-7980XE

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4199
2465
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
35994
30094
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score
CPU 1
CPU 2
8965
10876
Name AMD Ryzen 7 7700X Intel Core i9-7980XE
PassMark - Single thread mark 4199 2465
PassMark - CPU mark 35994 30094
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 8965 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 7700X Intel Core i9-7980XE

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 4 Skylake
Launch date 27 Sep 2022 September 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $399 $1,999
OPN Tray 100-000000591
Place in performance rating 214 177
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
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

Base frequency 4.5 GHz 2.60 GHz
Die size 70 mm²
L1 cache 512 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 8 MB 1024 KB (per core)
L3 cache 32 MB 25344 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm 14 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 61 °C
Maximum core temperature 100 °C 94°C
Maximum frequency 5.4 GHz 4.20 GHz
Number of cores 8 18
Number of threads 16 36
Transistor count 6570 million
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3
Number of QPI Links 0

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 4
Supported memory types DDR5-5200 DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size 128 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM5 FCLGA2066
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 Watt 165 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Thermal Solution PCG 2017X

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 24 44
PCI Express revision 5.0 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)