Intel Core i9-9980XE vs AMD EPYC 7601

Intel Core i9-9980XE
Intel Socket 2066DESKTOP
3000 MHz / Cores: 18 / Oct 2018
Intel Core i9-9980XE
AMD EPYC 7601
AMD Socket TR4SERVER
2200 MHz / Cores: 32 / Jun 2017
AMD EPYC 7601

Summary

Reasons to consider Intel Core i9-9980XE

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider AMD EPYC 7601

Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.

Intel Core i9-9980XE

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i9-9980XE

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD EPYC 7601

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD EPYC 7601

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i9-9980XEAMD EPYC 7601
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

Architecture

Intel Core i9-9980XEAMD EPYC 7601
ArchitectureIntel_SkylakevsAMD Zen
MarketDesktopvsServer
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameSkylake-XvsZen
Release DateOct 2018vsJun 2017

Cores

Intel Core i9-9980XEAMD EPYC 7601
Cores18vs32
Threads36vs64
SMPs1vs2
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

Intel Core i9-9980XEAMD EPYC 7601
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs96 KB (per core)
L2 Cache1MB (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
L3 Cache24.75MB (shared)vs65536 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i9-9980XEAMD EPYC 7601
SocketIntel Socket 2066vsAMD Socket TR4
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageFC-LGA2066vsuPGA
Die Sizeunknownvs192mm²
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Core i9-9980XEAMD EPYC 7601
Cpu Frequency3000 MHzvs2200 MHz
Turbo Clock4500 MHzvs3200 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsvariable
TDP165 Wvs180 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i9-9980XE
    5175 points
  • AMD EPYC 7601
    3520 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i9-9980XE
    75141 points
  • AMD EPYC 7601
    94476 points

Points - higher is better