AMD Ryzen 7 3800X vs Intel Core i9-7980XE

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 18 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 339.99
$ 359.01 significantly less expensive
$ 699.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6549 points
10174 points
55% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7888 points
8591 points
8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6111 points
10736 points
75% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5988 points
10962 points
83% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6209 points
11651 points
87% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

185.59 points
376.16 points
102% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9081 points
10703 points
17% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1720 points
23% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1388 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8236 points
11124 points
35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1703 points
19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1428 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
18
125% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
36
125% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz
49% significantly higher clock speed
2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
7% slightly higher turbo speed
4.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
57% significantly lower TDP
165 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
1152 KiB
125% significantly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
75 MiB
134% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

218th of 1,089
84th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July
2017 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 7 3800X vs Core i9-7980XE comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 3800X is faster than the Core i9-7980XE. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-7980XE in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-7980XE has significantly more cores with 18 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 3800X that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 3800X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3800X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-7980XE. Also, the Ryzen 7 3800X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 3800X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-7980XE CPU because of its 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 Ryzen 7 3800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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