Intel Core i9-7900X vs AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D

Compare Intel Core X-series 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D

Price

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$ 689.95

$ 329.99

$ 359.96 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7006 points

0.29% slightly better overall score

6986 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7653 points

8182 points

6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6778 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

6571 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6719 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

6437 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6987 points

3% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

6750 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

209.19 points

11% slightly higher Blender score

187.18 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8832 points

10106 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1432 points

1922 points

34% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

3.58 GHz

8% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

4.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W

105 W

33% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

640 KiB

25% slightly more L1 cache

512 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

14 MiB

96 MiB

585% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

204th of 1,118

207th of 1,118

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 May

2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-7900X vs Ryzen 7 5700X3D comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-7900X is faster than the Ryzen 7 5700X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5700X3D has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-7900X has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 5700X3D that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5700X3D. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 5700X3D has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-7900X. Despite this, the Core i9-7900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 5700X3D outputs less heat than Core i9-7900X thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i9-7900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.