Intel Core i9-7920X vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

Intel Core i9-7920X
Intel Socket 2066DESKTOP
2900 MHz / Cores: 12 / Sep 2017
Intel Core i9-7920X
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3300 MHz / Cores: 6 / Jun 2017
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i9-7920X
    152%
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i9-7920X
    121%
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i9-7920X
    183%
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i9-7920X

Much higher single threaded performance (around 21% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 83% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 52% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

45 watts lower power draw.

Intel Core i9-7920X

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i9-7920X

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i9-7920X

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i9-7920X

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i9-7920XAMD Ryzen 5 1600X
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
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
3DNow!
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SMT
XFR

Architecture

Intel Core i9-7920XAMD Ryzen 5 1600X
ArchitectureIntel_KabylakevsAMD Zen
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameSkylake-XvsZen
Release DateSep 2017vsJun 2017

Cores

Intel Core i9-7920XAMD Ryzen 5 1600X
Cores12vs6
Threads24vs12
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

Intel Core i9-7920XAMD Ryzen 5 1600X
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache1024 KB (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
L3 Cache16896 KB (shared)vs16384 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i9-7920XAMD Ryzen 5 1600X
SocketIntel Socket 2066vsAMD Socket AM4
Max Case Temp72°Cvsunknown
PackageFC-LGA2066vsuPGA
Die Size428mm²vs192mm²
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Core i9-7920XAMD Ryzen 5 1600X
Cpu Frequency2900 MHzvs3300 MHz
Turbo Clock4400 MHzvs3700 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP140 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i9-7920X
    5280 points
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    4070 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i9-7920X
    50112 points
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    26571 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i9-7920X (simulated)
    195.44
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    161

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i9-7920X (simulated)
    2287.31
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    1245

points - higher is better