Intel Core i9-7900X vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D

Compare Intel Core X-series 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 689.95
$ 399.61
$ 290.34 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7006 points
7335 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7653 points
8938 points
16% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6778 points
6797 points
0.28% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6719 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score
6646 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6987 points
7297 points
4% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

209.19 points
209.61 points
0.20% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9102 points
10897 points
19% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1406 points
2052 points
45% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8832 points
11047 points
25% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1432 points
2117 points
47% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
25% slightly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
25% slightly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
3.40 GHz
3% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz
4.5 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed

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

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

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

193rd of 1,089
172nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series
Ryzen 7 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 May
2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i9-7900X vs Ryzen 7 5800X3D benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-7900X performs better than the Ryzen 7 5800X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5800X3D has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-7900X has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 7 5800X3D. Indeed, the Core i9-7900X has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 5800X3D. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5800X3D. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-7900X. Also, the Ryzen 7 5800X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 5800X3D 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.

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 i9-7900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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