Intel Core i7 X 990 vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7975WX s

Compare Intel 6 core CPU vs AMD 32 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3089 points
21280 points
588% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4251 points
13118 points
208% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2707 points
24350 points
799% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2617 points
26055 points
895% significantly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

52.64 points
1035.60 points
1867% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
32
433% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
64
433% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.46 GHz
4.00 GHz
15% slightly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

12 MiB
32 MiB
166% significantly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

547th of 1,119
1st of 1,119

Core i7 X 990 vs Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7975WX s benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7975WX s beats the Core i7 X 990 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7 X 990 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7975WX s has significantly more cores with 32 cores compared to the Core i7 X 990 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7 X 990. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7975WX s has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7 X 990. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7975WX s has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7 X 990

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7 X 990 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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