CPU Comparison

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AMD

AMD

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

CORE STATE Zen

CORE SPECS 8 Cores / 16 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.7 Base / 4.35 GHz Turbo

CACHE 16 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 105W

ARCHITECTURE Zen

nm

PROCESS 12 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2018

VS

i

Intel

INTEL

Core i9-7940X

CORE STATE Skylake-X

CORE SPECS 14 Cores / 28 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.1 Base / 4.4 GHz Turbo

CACHE 19.25 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 165W

ARCHITECTURE Skylake

nm

PROCESS 14 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2017

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

1,496

2,194

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

211

309

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

6,235

9,142

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

880

1,290

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

14,846

21,769

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

2,096

3,073

geekbench_multicore

6,106

10,516

geekbench_singlecore

1,253

1,445

passmark_data_compression

266,134

N/A

passmark_data_encryption

16,929

N/A

passmark_extended_instructions

10,155

N/A

passmark_find_prime_numbers

41

N/A

passmark_floating_point_math

32,563

N/A

passmark_integer_math

63,485

N/A

passmark_multithread

17,468

N/A

passmark_physics

792

N/A

passmark_random_string_sorting

30,563

N/A

passmark_single_thread

2,417

N/A

passmark_singlethread

2,417

N/A

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

7 2700X

i9-7940X

Core Specs

Cores

8

14 +75.0%

Threads

16

28 +75.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.7

3.1 -16.2%

Boost Clock (GHz)

4.35

4.4 +1.1%

Frequency (GHz)

3.7

3.1 -16.2%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

4.35

4.4 +1.1%

Multiplier

37

31 -16.2%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

96 KB (per core)

64 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

512 KB (per core)

1 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

16 MB (shared)

19.25 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

105

165 +57.1%

Architecture

Architecture

Zen

Skylake

Codename

Zen

Skylake-X

Generation

Ryzen 7 (Zen+ (Pinnacle Ridge))

Core i9 (X-Series 7th Gen)

Process Size

12 nm

14 nm

Transistors

4,800 million

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Die Size

213 mm²

484 mm²

Foundry

GlobalFoundries

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4

DDR4

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Quad-channel

Memory Bandwidth

46.9 GB/s

85.3 GB/s

ECC Memory

No

No

Platform

Socket

AMD Socket AM4

Intel Socket 2066

Chipsets

AMD 300 Series, AMD 400 Series, AMD 500 Series

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PCIe

Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 3, 44 Lanes(CPU only)

Other

Market

Desktop

Desktop

Production Status

Active

End-of-life

Launch Price

$329

$1399

Part Number

YD270XBGAFBOXYD270XBGM88AF

SR3RQ

Package

µOPGA-1331

FC-LGA2066

Tj Max

85°C

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Bundled Cooler

—

None

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