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    AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Intel Core i7-980

    AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3300 MHz / Cores: 6 / Jun 2017
    AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    Intel Core i7-980
    Intel Socket 1366DESKTOP
    3333 MHz / Cores: 6 / Jun 2011
    Intel Core i7-980

    Summary

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

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

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-980

    None
    AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

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

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD Ryzen 5 1600XIntel Core i7-980
    MMX
    3DNow!
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSE4A
    AMD64
    CnQ
    NX bit
    AMD-V
    SMT
    XFR

    Architecture

    AMD Ryzen 5 1600XIntel Core i7-980
    ArchitectureAMD ZenvsIntel_Westmere
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
    CodenameZenvsGulftown
    Release DateJun 2017vsJun 2011

    Cores

    AMD Ryzen 5 1600XIntel Core i7-980
    Cores6vs6
    Threads12vs12
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

    Cache

    AMD Ryzen 5 1600XIntel Core i7-980
    L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache16384 KB (shared)vs12288 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD Ryzen 5 1600XIntel Core i7-980
    SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1366
    Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
    PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA10
    Die Size192mm²vs239mm²
    Process14 nmvs32 nm

    Performance

    AMD Ryzen 5 1600XIntel Core i7-980
    Cpu Frequency3300 MHzvs3333 MHz
    Turbo Clock3700 MHzvs3600 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHzvs133 MHz
    Voltageunknownvs1.3 V
    TDP95 Wvs130 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
      4070 points
    • Intel Core i7-980
      2880 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
      26571 points
    • Intel Core i7-980
      15998 points

    Points - higher is better

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