CPU Comparison

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AMD

AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

CORE STATE Granite Ridge

CORE SPECS 16 Cores / 32 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 4.3 Base / 5.7 GHz Turbo

CACHE 64 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 170W

ARCHITECTURE Zen 5

nm

PROCESS 4 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2024

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i

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

16,263

N/A

3dmark_2_threads

2,543

N/A

3dmark_4_threads

4,958

N/A

3dmark_8_threads

9,298

N/A

3dmark_max_threads

16,780

N/A

3dmark_single_thread

1,293

N/A

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

5,657

1,163

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

798

164

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

23,571

4,846

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

3,327

684

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

56,122

11,539

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

7,923

1,629

geekbench_multicore

21,441

6,535

geekbench_singlecore

3,386

1,616

passmark_data_compression

896,544

198,951

passmark_data_encryption

44,366

4,776

passmark_extended_instructions

71,564

13,514

passmark_find_prime_numbers

345

39

passmark_floating_point_math

159,063

28,538

passmark_integer_math

242,097

45,892

passmark_multithread

66,030

13,576

passmark_physics

3,279

811

passmark_random_string_sorting

94,368

25,270

passmark_single_thread

4,737

2,720

passmark_singlethread

4,737

2,720

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

9 9950X

i7-8700K

Core Specs

Cores

16

6 -62.5%

Threads

32

12 -62.5%

Base Clock (GHz)

4.3

3.7 -14.0%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.7

4.7 -17.5%

Frequency (GHz)

4.3

3.7 -14.0%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.7

4.7 -17.5%

Multiplier

43

37 -14.0%

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)

170

95 -44.1%

PPT

230 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

$649

$359

Part Number

100-000001277

SR3QRQNMK

Package

FC-LGA1718

FC-LGA1151

Tj Max

95°C

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Bundled Cooler

None

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