Intel Core i9 7960X vs AMD Ryzen AI 5 435
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Sep 2017
Jan 2026
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Zen 5 (Gorgon Point)
Processor Number
i9-7960X
435
Integrated Graphics
N/A
Radeon 840M
Generation
-
Ryzen AI 7 (Zen 5 (Gorgon Point))
Series
-
Ryzen AI 400 Series
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
4 nm
Socket
LGA-2066
FP8
Power Consumption
165 W
15-54 W
Peak Operating Temperature
98 °C
100 °C
Max Turbo Power Consumption
-
W
Foundry
-
TSMC
I/O Process Size
-
6 nm
Package
-
FP8
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
16
3
Performance Core Threads
32
6
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.8 GHz
2.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.2 GHz
4.5 GHz
Total Core Count
16
6
Total Thread Count
32
12
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
28x
20
L1 Cache
64 K per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
22 MB shared
8 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
Efficiency Cores
-
3
Efficiency Core Threads
-
6
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
2.0 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
-
3.4 GHz
SMP
-
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
DDR5-5600,LPDDR5X-8000
Max Memory Size
128 GB
256 GB
Max Memory Channels
4
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
79.47 GB/s
128 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Miscellaneous
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
-
true
GPU Base Frequency
-
800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
-
2800 MHz
Shader Units
-
256
Texture Units
-
16
Raster Operation Units
-
8
Execution Units
-
4
Power Consumption
-
15-54
Max Resolution
-
7680x4320 - 60 Hz
AI Accelerator
NPU
-
AMD Ryzen™ AI
Theoretical performance
-
50 TOPS
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,099
-
Cinebench R23
22,189
-
Geekbench 6
1,313
2,576
Geekbench 6
9,066
9,989
Passmark CPU
2,489
-
Passmark CPU
26,917
-