AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs Intel Core i9-7980XE
Summary
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
100%
Intel Core i9-7980XE
176%
Relative performance
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
100%
Intel Core i9-7980XE
110%
Relative performance
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
100%
Intel Core i9-7980XE
242%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 2600X |
70 watts lower power draw. |
Reasons to consider Intel Core i9-7980XE |
10% higher single threaded performance. |
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 142% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking. |
Around 76% higher average synthetic performance. |
Gaming
HWBench recommends Intel Core i9-7980XE
Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
Productivity
HWBench recommends Intel Core i9-7980XE
Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.
Features
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | | Intel Core i9-7980XE | |
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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 5 2600X | | Intel Core i9-7980XE | |
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Architecture | AMD Zen+ | vs | Intel_Kabylake |
Market | Desktop | vs | Desktop |
Memory Support | DDR4 | vs | DDR4 |
Codename | Zen | vs | Skylake-X |
Release Date | Mar 2018 | vs | Sep 2017 |
Cores
| AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | | Intel Core i9-7980XE | |
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Cores | 6 | vs | 18 |
Threads | 12 | vs | 36 |
SMPs | 1 | vs | 1 |
Integrated Graphics | No | vs | No |
Cache
| AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | | Intel Core i9-7980XE | |
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L1 Cache | 96 KB (per core) | vs | 64 KB (per core) |
L2 Cache | 512 KB (per core) | vs | 1024 KB (per core) |
L3 Cache | 16384 KB (shared) | vs | 25344 KB (shared) |
Physical
| AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | | Intel Core i9-7980XE | |
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Socket | AMD Socket AM4 | vs | Intel Socket 2066 |
Max Case Temp | unknown | vs | unknown |
Package | uPGA | vs | FC-LGA2066 |
Die Size | 192mm² | vs | 428mm² |
Process | 14 nm | vs | 14 nm |
Performance
| AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | | Intel Core i9-7980XE | |
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Cpu Frequency | 3600 MHz | vs | 2600 MHz |
Turbo Clock | 4250 MHz | vs | 4400 MHz |
Base Clock | 100 MHz | vs | 100 MHz |
Voltage | unknown | vs | unknown |
TDP | 95 W | vs | 165 W |
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
4675 points
Intel Core i9-7980XE
5280 points
Points - higher is better
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
28987 points
Intel Core i9-7980XE
67392 points
Points - higher is better
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
1403
Intel Core i9-7980XE
3404
points - higher is better
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
176
Intel Core i9-7980XE
194
points - higher is better