Intel Core i9-7900X vs AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

Compare Intel Core X-series 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 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
$ 386.14
$ 303.81 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7006 points
10011 points
42% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7653 points
11884 points
55% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6778 points
9348 points
37% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6719 points
9142 points
36% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6987 points
8010 points
14% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

209.19 points
263.24 points
25% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8832 points
15051 points
70% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1432 points
2723 points
90% 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
4.20 GHz
27% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz
5 GHz
16% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W
120 W
16% 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
88th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series
Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 May
2023 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i9-7900X vs Ryzen 7 7800X3D comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D is faster than the Core i9-7900X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-7900X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-7900X has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. Indeed, the Core i9-7900X has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 7800X3D has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-7900X. Also, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 7800X3D 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.

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