AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4700GE vs Intel Core i9-7940X

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4700GE and Intel Core i9-7940X processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4700GE

  • 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: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • 4.7x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 165 Watt
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2681 vs 2486
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 Jul 2020 vs September 2017
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 165 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2681 vs 2486

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i9-7940X

  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 14 vs 8
  • 12 more threads: 28 vs 16
  • Around 7% higher maximum core temperature: 102°C vs 95 °C
  • Around 75% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 3.5x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.4x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 31% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 25954 vs 19831
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 14 vs 8
Number of threads 28 vs 16
Maximum core temperature 102°C vs 95 °C
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 512 KB
L2 cache 1024 KB (per core) vs 4 MB
L3 cache 19712 KB (shared) vs 8 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 25954 vs 19831

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4700GE
CPU 2: Intel Core i9-7940X

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2681
2486
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
19831
25954
Name AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4700GE Intel Core i9-7940X
PassMark - Single thread mark 2681 2486
PassMark - CPU mark 19831 25954
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1153
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 12928
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 10950

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4700GE Intel Core i9-7940X

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Skylake
Launch date 21 Jul 2020 September 2017
OPN Tray 100-000000149
Place in performance rating 712 722
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $1,399
Price now $1,129.99
Processor Number i9-7940X
Series Intel® Core™ X-series Processors
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 6.63

Performance

Base frequency 3.1 GHz 3.10 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 4 MB 1024 KB (per core)
L3 cache 8 MB 19712 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 102°C
Maximum frequency 4.3 GHz 4.30 GHz
Number of cores 8 14
Number of GPU cores 8
Number of threads 16 28
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3
Number of QPI Links 0

Memory

Max memory channels 2 4
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size 128 GB

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 2000 MHz
iGPU core count 8
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

Security & Reliability

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

Advanced Technologies

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

Virtualization

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