Intel Core i9-7980XE vs AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX

Compare Intel Core X-series 18 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 16 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

10174 points

11380 points

11% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8591 points

10581 points

23% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10736 points

11723 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10962 points

11982 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

11651 points

15023 points

28% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

376.16 points

538.07 points

43% significantly higher Blender score

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

4% slightly higher clock speed

2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

5.4 GHz

28% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

165 W

55 W

200% 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

1280 KiB

11% slightly more L1 cache

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

61st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR5

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 9955HX comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 9955HX 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 9955HX has 16 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 9955HX. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-7980XE has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 9 9955HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 9955HX 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.