AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700X vs Intel Core i9-7980XE

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700X 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, 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 7 PRO 2700X

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 1% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 94°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 74% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 165 Watt
Launch date September 2018 vs September 2017
Maximum core temperature 95°C vs 94°C
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt vs 165 Watt

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
  • Around 2% higher clock speed: 4.20 GHz vs 4.1 GHz
  • Around 50% 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 55% 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: 2481 vs 2257
  • Around 79% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 30186 vs 16908
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 18 vs 8
Number of threads 36 vs 16
Maximum frequency 4.20 GHz vs 4.1 GHz
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 768 KB
L2 cache 1024 KB (per core) vs 4 MB
L3 cache 25344 KB (shared) vs 16 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2481 vs 2257
PassMark - CPU mark 30186 vs 16908

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700X
CPU 2: Intel Core i9-7980XE

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2257
2481
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
16908
30186
Name AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700X Intel Core i9-7980XE
PassMark - Single thread mark 2257 2481
PassMark - CPU mark 16908 30186
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1177
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 16370
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 10876
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 PRO 2700X Intel Core i9-7980XE

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Skylake
Family AMD Ryzen PRO Processors
Launch date September 2018 September 2017
OPN Tray YD27BXBAM88AF
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 850 176
Series AMD Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop Processors Intel® Core™ X-series Processors
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $1,999
Price now $2,005.50
Processor Number i9-7980XE
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 4.08

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.6 GHz 2.60 GHz
Die size 192 mm
L1 cache 768 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 4 MB 1024 KB (per core)
L3 cache 16 MB 25344 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C 94°C
Maximum frequency 4.1 GHz 4.20 GHz
Number of cores 8 18
Number of threads 16 36
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) 95 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)