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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X vs Intel Core i7-870

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 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X

Rank 2 - 37 %

Intel Core i7-870

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X

Rank 2 - 8 %

Intel Core i7-870

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

32C / 64T · 4.50 GHz

1,724

4C / 8T · 3.60 GHz

481

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

32C / 64T · 3.80 GHz

14,637

4C / 8T · 2.93 GHz

1,541

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

32C / 64T · 4.50 GHz

1,274

4C / 8T · 3.60 GHz

574

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

32C / 64T · 3.80 GHz

22,727

4C / 8T · 2.93 GHz

2,124

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

32C / 64T · 3.70 GHz

21,066

4C / 8T · 2.93 GHz

1,414

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

32C / 64T · 4.50 GHz

209 cb

4C / 8T · 3.60 GHz

101 cb

More benchmarks

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

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 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

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X	Intel Core i7-870
Family	AMD Ryzen Threadripper (16)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3000 (3)	Intel Core i7 800 (6)
Architecture	Castle Peak (Zen 2)	Lynnfield
Technology	7 nm	45 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	TRX4 (sTRX4)	LGA 1156
Predecessor	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X	Intel Core i7-870
CPU Cores / Threads	32 / 64	4 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	32x	4x
Frequency:	3.70 GHz	2.93 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.50 GHz	3.60 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.80 GHz
L2-Cache	16.00 MB	1.00 MB
L3-Cache	128.00 MB	8.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X	Intel Core i7-870
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 Threadripper 3970X	Intel Core i7-870
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X	Intel Core i7-870
Memory	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
Max. Memory	2048 GB	16 GB
Memory channels	4	2
ECC	Yes	No
PCIe	4.0 x 64	2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	126.0 GB/s	8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X	Intel Core i7-870
TDP	280 W	95 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	95 °C

Technical details

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X	Intel Core i7-870
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	Q4/2019	Q2/2010
Release price	1969 $
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 3970X is 3.2 stars (20 ratings), while Intel Core i7-870 has received 3.3 stars (42 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
32C / 64T · 3.70 - 4.50 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-870
4C / 8T · 2.93 - 3.60 GHz

★★★★★