AMD Ryzen 7 3700 vs Intel Core i9-7900X

AMD Ryzen 7 3700
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 8 / Dec 2019
AMD Ryzen 7 3700
Intel Core i9-7900X
Intel Socket 2066DESKTOP
3300 MHz / Cores: 10 / Jun 2017
Intel Core i9-7900X

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700
    105%
  • Intel Core i9-7900X
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700
    108%
  • Intel Core i9-7900X
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700
    102%
  • Intel Core i9-7900X
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 7 3700

8% higher single threaded performance.
45 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 5% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i9-7900X

None

AMD Ryzen 7 3700

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 7 3700

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 7 3700Intel Core i9-7900X
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4A
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AES
AVX
AVX2
BMI1
BMI2
SHA
F16C
FMA3
AMD64
EVP
AMD-V
SMAP
SMEP
SMT
Precision Boost 2
XFR 2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
HTT
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
Boost 2.0
Boost 3.0

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 7 3700Intel Core i9-7900X
ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsIntel_Kabylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameZen 2vsSkylake-X
Release DateDec 2019vsJun 2017

Cores

AMD Ryzen 7 3700Intel Core i9-7900X
Cores8vs10
Threads16vs20
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 7 3700Intel Core i9-7900X
L1 Cache96K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache32MBvs14080 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 7 3700Intel Core i9-7900X
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 2066
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackagevsFC-LGA2066
Die Sizeunknownvs308mm²
Process7 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 7 3700Intel Core i9-7900X
Cpu Frequency3800 MHzvs3300 MHz
Turbo Clock4600 MHzvs4300 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltagevariablevsunknown
TDP95 Wvs140 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700
    5152 points
  • Intel Core i9-7900X
    5160 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700
    41538 points
  • Intel Core i9-7900X
    47520 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700 (simulated)
    208.05
  • Intel Core i9-7900X
    191

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700 (simulated)
    2217.72
  • Intel Core i9-7900X
    2169

points - higher is better