AMD Ryzen 9 5950X vs Intel Core i9 7900X

CPU Specs Compare

C

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

AMD 2020-10
C

Intel Core i9 7900X

Intel 2017-05

General Parameters

Release Date
Oct 2020
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
Processor Number
-
i9-7900X

Package

Transistor Count
4.15 billions
-
Manufacturing Process
7 nm
14 nm
Socket
AM4
LGA-2066
Power Consumption
105 W
140 W
Peak Operating Temperature
95°C
95 °C

CPU Performance

Performance Cores
16
10
Performance Core Threads
32
20
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.4 GHz
3.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.9 GHz
4.3 GHz
Total Core Count
16
10
Total Thread Count
32
20
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
34x
33x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
14 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes

Memory Parameters

Memory Types
DDR4-3200
DDR4-2666
Max Memory Size
128 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
47.68 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
1,684
1,203
Cinebench R23
28,782
14,998
Geekbench 6
2,218
1,323
Geekbench 5
1,819
-
Geekbench 6
13,903
8,536
Geekbench 5
18,397
-
Cinebench 2024
93
-
Cinebench 2024
1,494
-
Passmark CPU
-
2,556
Passmark CPU
-
20,991