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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX vs Intel Core i7-9700K

Last updated: 2026-07-04

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 77 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-9700K

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX

Rank 2 - 53 %

Intel Core i7-9700K

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

24C / 48T · 4.20 GHz

1,193

8C / 8T · 4.90 GHz

1,589

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

24C / 48T · 3.00 GHz

9,243

8C / 8T · 4.60 GHz

7,361

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

24C / 48T · 4.20 GHz

431 cb

8C / 8T · 4.90 GHz

481 cb

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

24C / 48T · 4.20 GHz

1,020

8C / 8T · 4.90 GHz

1,302

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

24C / 48T · 3.00 GHz

10,008 cb

8C / 8T · 4.60 GHz

3,656 cb

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

24C / 48T · 3.00 GHz

14,740

8C / 8T · 4.60 GHz

7,421

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
Multi-core performance

24C / 48T · 3.00 GHz

418

8C / 8T · 4.60 GHz

134

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
Multi-core performance

24C / 48T · 3.00 GHz

75.3 s

8C / 8T · 4.60 GHz

217.1 s

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

24C / 48T · 3.00 GHz

12,793

8C / 8T · 3.60 GHz

4,167

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

24C / 48T · 4.20 GHz

173 cb

8C / 8T · 4.90 GHz

214 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

24C / 48T · 3.00 GHz

4,324 cb

8C / 8T · 4.60 GHz

1,520 cb

More benchmarks

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

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Monero Hashrate
94 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX	Intel Core i7-9700K
Family	AMD Ryzen Threadripper (16)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2000 (4)	Intel Core i 9000 (34)
Architecture	Colfax (Zen+)	Coffee Lake S Refresh
Technology	12 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	TR4 (SP3r2)	LGA 1151-2
Predecessor		Intel Core i7-8700K
Successor	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X	Intel Core i7-10700K

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX	Intel Core i7-9700K
CPU Cores / Threads	24 / 48	8 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	24x	8x
Frequency:	3.00 GHz	3.60 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.20 GHz	4.90 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.00 GHz	4.60 GHz
L2-Cache	12.00 MB
L3-Cache	64.00 MB	12.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX	Intel Core i7-9700K
GPU name	no iGPU	Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU frequency		0.35 - 1.20 GHz
CUs / Shader	/	24 / 192
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays		3
Max. GPU Memory		64 GB
Technology		14 nm
Release date		Q4/2017

NPU AI performance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX	Intel Core i7-9700K
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX	Intel Core i7-9700K
Memory	DDR4-2933 (93.8 GB/s)	DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)
Max. Memory		128 GB
Memory channels	4	2
ECC	Yes	No
PCIe	3.0 x 64	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	63.0 GB/s	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX	Intel Core i7-9700K
TDP	250 W	95 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.		100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX	Intel Core i7-9700K
Chip design	Chiplet	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q3/2018	Q4/2018
Release price	1299 $	520 $
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 Threadripper 2970WX is 5.0 stars (5 ratings), while Intel Core i7-9700K has received 4.1 stars (67 ratings).

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX
24C / 48T · 3.00 - 4.20 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-9700K
8C / 8T · 3.60 - 4.90 GHz

★★★★★