Intel Core i9-7980XE vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT

Compare Intel Core X-series 18 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT

Price

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$ 699.00

$ 321.08

$ 377.92 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

10174 points

10175 points

0.01% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8591 points

8712 points

1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10736 points

10760 points

0.22% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10962 points

11072 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

11651 points

4% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

11130 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

376.16 points

2% slightly higher Blender score

367.23 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz

3.30 GHz

26% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

4.8 GHz

14% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

165 W

105 W

57% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1152 KiB

12% slightly more L1 cache

1024 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

75 MiB

17% slightly more L3 cache

64 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

84th of 1,089

83rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 August

2024 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-7980XE vs Ryzen 9 5900XT comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 5900XT performs better than the Core i9-7980XE. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-7980XE in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-7980XE has slightly more cores with 18 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 5900XT has 16 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 5900XT. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 5900XT has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-7980XE. Also, the Ryzen 9 5900XT has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 5900XT 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.