Intel Core i9-7900X vs AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H

Compare Intel Core X-series 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen PRO 6000 Series 8 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

7006 points

7135 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7653 points

9019 points

17% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6778 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

6520 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6719 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

6356 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

209.19 points

20% slightly higher Blender score

172.91 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8832 points

9559 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1432 points

1990 points

38% 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

3.30 GHz

0.03% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

4.9 GHz

13% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W

45 W

211% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

640 KiB

66% significantly more L1 cache

384 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

14 MiB

16 MiB

14% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

193rd of 1,089

183rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Ryzen PRO 6000 Series

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

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-7900X vs Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H 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 9 PRO 6950H. Indeed, the Core i9-7900X has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-7900X. Also, the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H outputs less heat than Core i9-7900X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-7900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.