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AMD Ryzen 7 5700X vs Intel Core i7-970

Last updated: 2026-06-06

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X

Rank 2 - 32 %

Intel Core i7-970

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X

Rank 2 - 26 %

Intel Core i7-970

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.60 GHz

2,114

6C / 12T · 3.46 GHz

620

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.20 GHz

10,742

6C / 12T · 3.20 GHz

2,654

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.60 GHz

1,717

6C / 12T · 3.46 GHz

582

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.20 GHz

11,380

6C / 12T · 3.20 GHz

3,263

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X	Intel Core i7-970
Family	AMD Ryzen 7 (79)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	AMD Ryzen 5000 (17)	Intel Core i7 900 (4)
Architecture	Vermeer (Zen 3)	Gulftown
Technology	7 nm	32 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	AM4 (PGA 1331)	LGA 1366
Predecessor	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
Successor	AMD Ryzen 7 7700X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X	Intel Core i7-970
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 16	6 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	8x	6x
Frequency:	3.40 GHz	3.20 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.60 GHz	3.46 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.20 GHz
L2-Cache	4.00 MB	1.50 MB
L3-Cache	32.00 MB	12.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X	Intel Core i7-970
GPU name	no iGPU	no iGPU
GPU frequency
CUs / Shader	/	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays
Max. GPU Memory
Technology
Release date

NPU AI performance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X	Intel Core i7-970
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X	Intel Core i7-970
Memory	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	DDR3-1066 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	24 GB
Memory channels	2	3
ECC	Yes	No
PCIe	4.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X	Intel Core i7-970
TDP	65 W	130 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	90 °C

Technical details

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X	Intel Core i7-970
Chip design	Chiplet	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✗
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3	SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release date	Q2/2022	Q3/2010
Release price	299 $	594 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of AMD Ryzen 7 5700X is 4.6 stars (575 ratings), while Intel Core i7-970 has received 4.5 stars (2 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
8C / 16T · 3.40 - 4.60 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-970
6C / 12T · 3.20 - 3.46 GHz

★★★★★