Intel Core i9-7900X vs AMD Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme

Compare Intel Core X-series 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen Z2 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

3% slightly better overall score

6783 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7653 points

9571 points

25% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6778 points

13% slightly better multitasking score

5991 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6719 points

15% slightly better heavy workload score

5838 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

209.19 points

24% slightly higher Blender score

168.33 points

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

64% significantly higher clock speed

2 GHz

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

28 W

400% significantly lower TDP

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

205th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Ryzen Z2

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-7900X vs Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-7900X performs better than the Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme. Despite this, the Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-7900X has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-7900X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme. Despite this, the Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme 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.

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.