Intel Core i9 7980XE vs AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 392

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 (Strix Halo)
Processor Number
i9-7980XE
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Integrated Graphics
N/A
Radeon 8060S
Generation
-
Zen 5 (Strix Halo)
Series
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Ryzen AI Max 300 Series

Package

Manufacturing Process
14 nm
4 nm
Socket
LGA-2066
Custom
Power Consumption
165 W
45-120 W
Peak Operating Temperature
94 °C
100 °C
Max Turbo Power Consumption
-
120 W

CPU Performance

Performance Cores
18
12
Performance Core Threads
36
24
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.6 GHz
3.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.2 GHz
5.0 GHz
Total Core Count
18
12
Total Thread Count
36
24
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
26x
32
L1 Cache
64 K per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
25 MB shared
64 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No

Memory Parameters

Memory Types
DDR4-2666
LPDDR5X-8000
Max Memory Size
128 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
4
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
79.47 GB/s
256 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes

Miscellaneous

Official Website
PCIe Version
3.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
44
16
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
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Graphics Card Parameters

Integrated Graphics
-
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
-
2900 MHz
Shader Units
-
2560
Texture Units
-
160
Raster Operation Units
-
64
Execution Units
-
40
Power Consumption
-
45-120

AI Accelerator

NPU
-
AMD Ryzen™ AI
Theoretical performance
-
50 TOPS

📊 Benchmark

Cinebench R23
1,263
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Cinebench R23
28,196
-
Geekbench 6
1,410
-
Geekbench 6
11,418
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Passmark CPU
2,492
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Passmark CPU
30,462
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