CPU Comparison

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AMD

AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

CORE STATE Granite Ridge

CORE SPECS 12 Cores / 24 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 4.4 Base / 5.6 GHz Turbo

CACHE 64 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 120W

ARCHITECTURE Zen 5

nm

PROCESS 4 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2024

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Intel

INTEL

Core i7-8700K

CORE STATE Coffee Lake

CORE SPECS 6 Cores / 12 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.7 Base / 4.7 GHz Turbo

CACHE 12 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 95W

ARCHITECTURE Coffee Lake

nm

PROCESS 14 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2017

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

3dmark_16_threads

12,552

N/A

3dmark_2_threads

2,519

N/A

3dmark_4_threads

4,886

N/A

3dmark_8_threads

9,114

N/A

3dmark_max_threads

13,929

N/A

3dmark_single_thread

1,286

N/A

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

4,680

1,163

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

660

164

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

19,503

4,846

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

2,753

684

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

46,438

11,539

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

6,555

1,629

geekbench_multicore

19,827

6,535

geekbench_singlecore

3,341

1,616

passmark_data_compression

683,579

198,951

passmark_data_encryption

33,421

4,776

passmark_extended_instructions

55,243

13,514

passmark_find_prime_numbers

436

39

passmark_floating_point_math

120,083

28,538

passmark_integer_math

181,056

45,892

passmark_multithread

54,643

13,576

passmark_physics

3,381

811

passmark_random_string_sorting

72,013

25,270

passmark_single_thread

4,672

2,720

passmark_singlethread

4,672

2,720

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

9 9900X

i7-8700K

Core Specs

Cores

12

6 -50.0%

Threads

24

12 -50.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

4.4

3.7 -15.9%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.6

4.7 -16.1%

Frequency (GHz)

4.4

3.7 -15.9%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.6

4.7 -16.1%

Multiplier

44

37 -15.9%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

80 KB (per core)

64 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

1 MB (per core)

256 KB (per core)

L3 Cache

64 MB (shared)

12 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

120

95 -20.8%

PPT

162 W

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Architecture

Architecture

Zen 5

Coffee Lake

Codename

Granite Ridge

Coffee Lake

Generation

Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))

Core i7 (Coffee Lake)

Process Size

4 nm

14 nm

Transistors

16,630 million

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Die Size

2x 70.6 mm²

154 mm²

Foundry

TSMC

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR5

DDR4

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

89.6 GB/s

42.7 GB/s

ECC Memory

Yes

No

Platform

Socket

AMD Socket AM5

Intel Socket 1151

Chipsets

X870E, X870, B850, B840, X670E, X670, B650E, B650, A620

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PCIe

Gen 5, 24 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

AMD Multi-Die

IO Process Size

6 nm

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Graphics

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

Other

Market

Desktop

Desktop

Production Status

Active

End-of-life

Launch Price

$499

$359

Part Number

100-000000662

SR3QRQNMK

Package

FC-LGA1718

FC-LGA1151

Tj Max

95°C

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Bundled Cooler

None

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