Intel Core i9 7980XE vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Sep 2017
Nov 2019
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Zen 2
Processor Number
i9-7980XE
3960X
Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
7 nm
Socket
LGA-2066
sTRX4
Power Consumption
165 W
280 W
Peak Operating Temperature
94 °C
68 °C
Transistor Count
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23.5 billions
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
18
24
Performance Core Threads
36
48
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.6 GHz
3.8 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.2 GHz
4.5 GHz
Total Core Count
18
24
Total Thread Count
36
48
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
26x
38x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
512 K per core
L3 Cache
25 MB shared
128 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
128 GB
256 GB
Max Memory Channels
4
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
79.47 GB/s
95.37 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
44
64
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,263
1,307
Cinebench R23
28,196
34,932
Geekbench 6
1,410
1,698
Geekbench 6
11,418
13,003
Passmark CPU
2,492
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Passmark CPU
30,462
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.