AMD Ryzen 7 2700U vs Intel Core i7-3960X

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Mobile with Radeon RX Vega Graphics 4 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 6 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

2327 points

3693 points

58% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3661 points

4998 points

36% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1930 points

3261 points

68% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1854 points

3155 points

70% significantly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

45.25 points

69.62 points

53% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2409 points

3363 points

39% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

794 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

665 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2392 points

3209 points

34% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

792 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

661 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz

3.3 GHz

49% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz

3.9 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

766% significantly lower TDP

130 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

653rd of 1,089

464th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Mobile with Radeon RX Vega Graphics

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 October

2011 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 7 2700U vs Core i7-3960X benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-3960X is faster than the Ryzen 7 2700U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 2700U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-3960X has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 2700U that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 2700U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-3960X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 2700U. Also, the Core i7-3960X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 2700U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3960X CPU because of its 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 Ryzen 7 2700U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.