AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs Intel Core i7-7820X

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-7820X

Price

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$ 170.99

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$ 349.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5776 points

5865 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6952 points

7275 points

4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5375 points

5393 points

0.33% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5256 points

5258 points

0.04% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4802 points

5958 points

24% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

149.45 points

165.28 points

10% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6148 points

7618 points

23% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1232 points

1368 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6111 points

7802 points

27% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1254 points

1416 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

2% slightly higher clock speed

3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.35 GHz

1% slightly higher turbo speed

4.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W

33% slightly lower TDP

140 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

768 KiB

49% significantly more L1 cache

512 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

45% significantly more L3 cache

11 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

271st of 1,089

262nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April

2017 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 7 2700X vs Core i7-7820X specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-7820X is faster than the Ryzen 7 2700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 2700X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 2700X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-7820X. Also, the Ryzen 7 2700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 2700X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-7820X CPU because of its slightly 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 2700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.