AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs Intel Core i7-7700

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3700 MHz / Cores: 12 / Nov 2020
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
Intel Core i7-7700
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
Intel Core i7-7700

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
    293%
  • Intel Core i7-7700
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
    161%
  • Intel Core i7-7700
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
    424%
  • Intel Core i7-7700
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

Much higher single threaded performance (around 61% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 324% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 193% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-7700

40 watts lower power draw.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X.

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

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


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XIntel Core i7-7700
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
vPro
Boost 2.0

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XIntel Core i7-7700
ArchitectureAMD Zen 3vsIntel_Kabylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-3200 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR4
CodenameVermeervsKaby Lake
Release DateNov 2020vsSep 2016

Cores

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XIntel Core i7-7700
Cores12vs4
Threads24vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD Graphics 630

Cache

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XIntel Core i7-7700
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache64MBvs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XIntel Core i7-7700
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp95°Cvs72°C
Packagevs
Die Sizeunknownvsunknown
Process7 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XIntel Core i7-7700
Cpu Frequency3700 MHzvs3600 MHz
Turbo Clock4800 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avsunknown
TDP105 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
    5760 points
  • Intel Core i7-7700
    4320 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
    65001 points
  • Intel Core i7-7700
    20736 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
    272
  • Intel Core i7-7700
    168

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
    3726
  • Intel Core i7-7700
    877

points - higher is better