Intel Core i9-7980XE vs AMD Ryzen 7 7700X

Core i9-7980XE vs Ryzen 7 7700X comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-7980XE beats the Ryzen 7 7700X in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 7700X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-7980XE has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 7700X. Indeed, the Core i9-7980XE has 18 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 7700X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 7700X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 7700X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-7980XE. Also, the Ryzen 7 7700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 7700X 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.

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 i9-7980XE has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.