Intel Core i9 9960X vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2018
Jan 2023
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Zen 4 (Raphael)
Processor Number
i9-9960X
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Integrated Graphics
N/A
Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
5 nm
Socket
LGA-2066
AM5
Power Consumption
165 W
120 W
Peak Operating Temperature
85 °C
89°C
Transistor Count
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13.1 billions
Max Turbo Power Consumption
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162 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
16
12
Performance Core Threads
32
24
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.1 GHz
4.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.4 GHz
5.6 GHz
Total Core Count
16
12
Total Thread Count
32
24
L1 Cache
32 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
22 MB shared
128 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
Bus Frequency
—
100 MHz
Multiplier
—
44x
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
DDR5-5200
Max Memory Size
128 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
4
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
85 GB/s
83.2 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
5.0
PCIe Lanes
44
28
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
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Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
—
true
GPU Base Frequency
—
1500 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
—
2200 MHz
Shader Units
—
448
Texture Units
—
8
Raster Operation Units
—
4
Execution Units
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2
Power Consumption
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15 W
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,075
2,039
Cinebench R23
17,953
27,084
Geekbench 6
1,432
2,971
Geekbench 6
10,707
18,105
Passmark CPU
2,608
4,119
Passmark CPU
30,525
50,486
Cinebench 2024
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122
Cinebench 2024
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1,596
Blender
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481
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.