Intel Core i9 7900X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2017
Sep 2019
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
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Core Architecture
Skylake
Matisse
Processor Number
i9-7900X
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Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Generation
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Ryzen 5 (Zen 2 (Matisse))
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
7 nm
Socket
LGA-2066
AMD Socket AM4
Power Consumption
140 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
95 °C
Transistor Count
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3.8 billions
Foundry
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TSMC
Die Size
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74 mm²
I/O Process Size
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12 nm
I/O Die Size
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124 mm²
Package
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µOPGA-1331
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
10
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Performance Core Threads
20
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Performance Core Base Frequency
3.3 GHz
3.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.3 GHz
4.1 GHz
Total Core Count
10
6
Total Thread Count
20
6
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
33x
36.0
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 KB per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
512 KB per core
L3 Cache
14 MB shared
32 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
SMP
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1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
128 GB
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Max Memory Channels
4
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
79.47 GB/s
51.2 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
4
PCIe Lanes
44
24
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,203
1,166
Cinebench R23
14,998
6,717
Geekbench 6
1,323
1,650
Geekbench 6
8,536
6,523
Passmark CPU
2,556
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Passmark CPU
20,991
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.