AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D vs Intel Core i9 7900X

CPU Specs Compare

C

AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D

AMD 2025-06
C

Intel Core i9 7900X

Intel 2017-05

General Parameters

Release Date
Jun 2025
May 2017
Manufacturer
Amd
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Skylake
Integrated Graphics
No
N/A
Generation
Ryzen 5 (Zen 3 (Vermeer))
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Processor Number
-
i9-7900X

Package

Manufacturing Process
7 nm
14 nm
Socket
AM4
LGA-2066
Power Consumption
105 W
140 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
142 W
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Peak Operating Temperature
90 °C
95 °C
Foundry
TSMC
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Die Size
74 mm²
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I/O Process Size
12 nm
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I/O Die Size
125 mm²
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Package
µOPGA-1331
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CPU Performance

Performance Cores
6
10
Performance Core Threads
12
20
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.0 GHz
3.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4 GHz
4.3 GHz
Total Core Count
6
10
Total Thread Count
12
20
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
30
33x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
96 MB shared
14 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
SMP
1
-

Memory Parameters

Memory Types
DDR4-3200
DDR4-2666
Max Memory Size
128 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
51.2 GB/s
79.47 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No

Miscellaneous

Official Website
PCIe Version
4.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
20
44
Extended Instruction Set
-
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512

📊 Benchmark

Cinebench R23
1,379
1,203
Cinebench R23
9,804
14,998
Geekbench 6
1,932
1,323
Geekbench 6
8,204
8,536
Passmark CPU
-
2,556
Passmark CPU
-
20,991