AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT vs Intel Core i9-7900X

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i9-7900X

Price

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$ 230.00

$ 459.95 significantly less expensive

$ 689.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7216 points

2% slightly better overall score

7006 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8527 points

11% slightly better gaming score

7653 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6778 points

Identical

6778 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6644 points

6719 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6357 points

6987 points

9% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

185.87 points

209.19 points

12% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8580 points

9102 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1738 points

23% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1406 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8527 points

8832 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1771 points

23% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1432 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz

18% slightly higher clock speed

3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz

9% 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

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB

640 KiB

25% slightly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB

128% significantly more L3 cache

14 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

176th of 1,089

193rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 July

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 3800XT vs Core i9-7900X benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 3800XT performs better than the Core i9-7900X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-7900X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-7900X has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 3800XT that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 3800XT. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 3800XT has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-7900X. Also, the Ryzen 7 3800XT has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 3800XT CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-7900X 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 3800XT has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.