Intel Core i9-7980XE vs AMD Ryzen 7 5700X

Core i9-7980XE vs Ryzen 7 5700X comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 5700X beats the Core i9-7980XE in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-7980XE in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-7980XE has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 5700X. Indeed, the Core i9-7980XE has 18 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 5700X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5700X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-7980XE. Also, the Ryzen 7 5700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 5700X outputs less heat than Core i9-7980XE thanks to a significantly 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 i9-7980XE has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.