CPU Comparison

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AMD

AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

CORE STATE Matisse

CORE SPECS 12 Cores / 24 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.8 Base / 4.6 GHz Turbo

CACHE 64 MB

MAX TDP 105W

ARCHITECTURE Zen 2

nm

PROCESS 7 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2019

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i

Intel

INTEL

Core i9-7960X

CORE STATE Skylake-X

CORE SPECS 16 Cores / 32 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.8 Base / 4.4 GHz Turbo

CACHE 22 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 165W

ARCHITECTURE Skylake

nm

PROCESS 14 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2017

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

2,788

2,408

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

393

339

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

11,618

10,037

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

1,640

1,416

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

27,662

23,898

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

3,905

3,373

geekbench_multicore

9,924

10,307

geekbench_singlecore

1,708

1,324

passmark_data_compression

448,906

N/A

passmark_data_encryption

28,586

N/A

passmark_extended_instructions

29,221

N/A

passmark_find_prime_numbers

214

N/A

passmark_floating_point_math

58,434

N/A

passmark_integer_math

99,628

N/A

passmark_multithread

32,544

N/A

passmark_physics

1,794

N/A

passmark_random_string_sorting

48,300

N/A

passmark_single_thread

2,703

N/A

passmark_singlethread

2,703

N/A

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

9 3900X

i9-7960X

Core Specs

Cores

12

16 +33.3%

Threads

24

32 +33.3%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.8

2.8 -26.3%

Boost Clock (GHz)

4.6

4.4 -4.3%

Frequency (GHz)

3.8

2.8 -26.3%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

4.6

4.4 -4.3%

Multiplier

38

28 -26.3%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

64 KB (per core)

64 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

512 KB (per core)

1 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

64 MB

22 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

105

165 +57.1%

PPT

142 W

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Architecture

Architecture

Zen 2

Skylake

Codename

Matisse

Skylake-X

Generation

Ryzen 9 (Zen 2 (Matisse))

Core i9 (X-Series 7th Gen)

Process Size

7 nm

14 nm

Transistors

7,600 million

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Die Size

2x 74 mm²

484 mm²

Foundry

TSMC

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4

DDR4

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Quad-channel

Memory Bandwidth

51.2 GB/s

85.3 GB/s

ECC Memory

No

No

Platform

Socket

AMD Socket AM4

Intel Socket 2066

Chipsets

A300, X300, A320, B350, X370, B450, X470, A520, B550, X570

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PCIe

Gen 4, 24 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 3, 44 Lanes(CPU only)

AMD Multi-Die

IO Process Size

12 nm

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Other

Market

Desktop

Desktop

Production Status

Active

End-of-life

Launch Price

$499

$1699

Part Number

100-000000023100-100000023BOX100-100000023MPK

SR3RR

Package

µOPGA-1331

FC-LGA2066

Tj Max

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98°C

Bundled Cooler

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None

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