Intel Core i9-7900X vs AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme

Compare Intel Core X-series 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen Z1 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

10% slightly better overall score

6328 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7653 points

7752 points

1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6778 points

14% slightly better multitasking score

5895 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6719 points

16% slightly better heavy workload score

5789 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6987 points

6% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

6531 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

209.19 points

23% slightly higher Blender score

169.56 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8832 points

9595 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1432 points

2167 points

51% significantly 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

5.1 GHz

18% 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

234th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Ryzen Z1

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 Z1 Extreme comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-7900X performs better than the Ryzen Z1 Extreme. Despite this, the Ryzen Z1 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 Z1 Extreme has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen Z1 Extreme. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-7900X.

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.