CPU Comparison

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AMD

AMD

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9980X

CORE STATE Shimada Peak

CORE SPECS 64 Cores / 128 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.2 Base / 5.4 GHz Turbo

CACHE 256 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 350W

ARCHITECTURE Zen 5

nm

PROCESS 4 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2025

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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

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

13,157

1,163

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

1,857

164

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

54,822

4,846

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

7,739

684

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

130,529

11,539

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

18,427

1,629

passmark_data_compression

3,204,633

198,951

passmark_data_encryption

159,952

4,776

passmark_extended_instructions

252,783

13,514

passmark_find_prime_numbers

837

39

passmark_floating_point_math

592,543

28,538

passmark_integer_math

900,760

45,892

passmark_multithread

153,564

13,576

passmark_physics

9,793

811

passmark_random_string_sorting

347,099

25,270

passmark_single_thread

4,591

2,720

passmark_singlethread

4,591

2,720

geekbench_multicore

N/A

6,535

geekbench_singlecore

N/A

1,616

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

Threadripper 9980X

i7-8700K

Core Specs

Cores

64

6 -90.6%

Threads

128

12 -90.6%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.2

3.7 +15.6%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.4

4.7 -13.0%

Frequency (GHz)

3.2

3.7 +15.6%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.4

4.7 -13.0%

Multiplier

32

37 +15.6%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

64 KB (per core)

64 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

1 MB (per core)

256 KB (per core)

L3 Cache

256 MB (shared)

12 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

350

95 -72.9%

Architecture

Architecture

Zen 5

Coffee Lake

Codename

Shimada Peak

Coffee Lake

Generation

Ryzen Threadripper (Zen 5 (Shimada Peak))

Core i7 (Coffee Lake)

Process Size

4 nm

14 nm

Transistors

66,520 million

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Die Size

8x 70.6 mm²

154 mm²

Foundry

TSMC

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR5

DDR4

Memory Bus

Quad-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

204.8 GB/s

42.7 GB/s

ECC Memory

Yes

No

Platform

Socket

AMD Socket sTR5

Intel Socket 1151

PCIe

Gen 5, 80 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

AMD Multi-Die

IO Process Size

6 nm

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Graphics

Integrated Graphics

—

UHD Graphics 630

Other

Market

Desktop

Desktop

Production Status

Active

End-of-life

Launch Price

$4999

$359

Part Number

100-000001593

SR3QRQNMK

Package

FC-LGA4844

FC-LGA1151

Tj Max

95°C

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Bundled Cooler

None

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