Intel Core i9 7960X vs AMD Ryzen 7 170
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Sep 2017
Oct 2025
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Zen 3+ (Rembrandt)
Processor Number
i9-7960X
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Integrated Graphics
N/A
Radeon 680M
Generation
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Ryzen 7 (Zen 3+ (Rembrandt))
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
6 nm
Socket
LGA-2066
FP7
Power Consumption
165 W
35-54 W
Peak Operating Temperature
98 °C
95 °C
Foundry
—
TSMC
Die Size
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210 mm²
Package
—
FP7r2
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
16
8
Performance Core Threads
32
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.8 GHz
3.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.2 GHz
4.75 GHz
Total Core Count
16
8
Total Thread Count
32
16
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
28x
32
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
512 K per core
L3 Cache
22 MB shared
16 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
SMP
—
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
DDR5-4800,LPDDR5-6400
Max Memory Size
128 GB
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Max Memory Channels
4
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
79.47 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
44
20
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
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Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
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true
GPU Base Frequency
—
400 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
—
2200 MHz
Shader Units
—
768
Texture Units
—
48
Raster Operation Units
—
32
Execution Units
—
12
Power Consumption
—
15
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,099
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Cinebench R23
22,189
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Geekbench 6
1,313
2,044
Geekbench 6
9,066
10,120
Passmark CPU
2,489
3,030
Passmark CPU
26,917
21,830
Cinebench 2024
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86
Cinebench 2024
—
720
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.