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    AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs Intel Core i9-7940X

    AMD Ryzen 7 2700
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3200 MHz / Cores: 8 / Mar 2018
    AMD Ryzen 7 2700
    Intel Core i9-7940X
    Intel Socket 2066DESKTOP
    3100 MHz / Cores: 14 / Sep 2017
    Intel Core i9-7940X

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 7 2700
      100%
    • Intel Core i9-7940X
      155%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 7 2700
      100%
    • Intel Core i9-7940X
      114%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 7 2700
      100%
    • Intel Core i9-7940X
      197%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 7 2700

    100 watts lower power draw.

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i9-7940X

    14% higher single threaded performance.
    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 97% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
    Around 55% higher average synthetic performance.
    Intel Core i9-7940X

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends Intel Core i9-7940X

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    Intel Core i9-7940X

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends Intel Core i9-7940X

    Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD Ryzen 7 2700Intel Core i9-7940X
    MMX
    3DNow!
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSE4A
    AMD64
    CnQ
    NX bit
    AMD-V
    SMT
    XFR
    SSSE3
    SSE4.2
    AVX
    AVX2
    EIST
    Intel 64
    XD bit
    VT-x
    VT-d
    HTT
    AES-NI
    TSX
    TXT
    CLMUL
    FMA3
    F16C
    BMI1
    BMI2
    Boost 2.0
    Boost 3.0

    Architecture

    AMD Ryzen 7 2700Intel Core i9-7940X
    ArchitectureAMD Zen+vsIntel_Kabylake
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
    CodenameZenvsSkylake-X
    Release DateMar 2018vsSep 2017

    Cores

    AMD Ryzen 7 2700Intel Core i9-7940X
    Cores8vs14
    Threads16vs28
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

    Cache

    AMD Ryzen 7 2700Intel Core i9-7940X
    L1 Cache96 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs1024 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache16384 KB (shared)vs19712 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD Ryzen 7 2700Intel Core i9-7940X
    SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 2066
    Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
    PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA2066
    Die Size192mm²vs428mm²
    Process14 nmvs14 nm

    Performance

    AMD Ryzen 7 2700Intel Core i9-7940X
    Cpu Frequency3200 MHzvs3100 MHz
    Turbo Clock4100 MHzvs4400 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltagevariablevsunknown
    TDP65 Wvs165 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 7 2700
      4510 points
    • Intel Core i9-7940X
      5280 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 7 2700
      34355 points
    • Intel Core i9-7940X
      62496 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 7 2700
      1561
    • Intel Core i9-7940X (simulated)
      3077.72

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 7 2700 (simulated)
      169.66
    • Intel Core i9-7940X (simulated)
      194

    points - higher is better

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