amd ryzen 9 5950x vs intel core i9 7980xe
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We compared two CPUs AMD Ryzen 9 5950X (Desktop) 16-cores against Intel Core i9 7980XE (Desktop) 18-cores. In this comparison page, we check which of these two processor has better performance in benchmark results, Games, architecture, price and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
- Newer released 3 years later
- Consumes up to 36% less energy than the Intel Core i9 7980XE – 105 vs 165 Watt
- Has 39 MB larger L3 cache size
- 10% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.9 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)
- Newer PCI Express version – 4
- More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 14
Advantages of Intel Core i9 7980XE
- Has 2 more physical cores
- Around 33.8 GB/s (40%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Specifications
General
| AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | Intel Core i9 7980XE | |
| Vendor | AMD | Intel |
| Released | October 8 2020 | May 30 2017 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Vermeer | Skylake |
| Socket | AM4 | FCLGA2066 |
| Integrated GPU | - | - |
Performance
| AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | Intel Core i9 7980XE | |
| Cores | 16 | 18 |
| Threads | 32 | 36 |
| Base Frequency | 3.4 GHz | 2.6 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency | 4.9 GHz | 4.4 GHz |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 512K (per core) | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 64 MB | 24.75 MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Power
| AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | Intel Core i9 7980XE | |
| Fabrication process | 7 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 105 W | 165 W |
| Max. temperature | °C | 94°C |
Memory support
| AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | Intel Core i9 7980XE | |
| Memory types | DDR4-3200 | DDR4-2666 |
| Memory Size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 4 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 51.196 GB/s | 85 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
iGPU
| AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | Intel Core i9 7980XE | |
| Integrated Graphics | - | - |
Misc
| AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | Intel Core i9 7980XE | |
| Official site | AMD Ryzen 9 5950X official page | Intel Core i9 7980XE official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4 | 3 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 44 |