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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X vs Intel Core i7-9700

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 Threadripper 7970X

Rank 2 - 57 %

Intel Core i7-9700

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X

Rank 2 - 17 %

Intel Core i7-9700

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

32C / 64T · 5.30 GHz

119 pts

8C / 8T · 4.70 GHz

68 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

32C / 64T · 5.30 GHz

3,685 pts

8C / 8T · 4.70 GHz

467 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

32C / 64T · 5.30 GHz

1,988 pts

8C / 8T · 4.70 GHz

1,181 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

32C / 64T · 4.80 GHz

65,269 pts

8C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

8,540 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

32C / 64T · 5.30 GHz

2,942

8C / 8T · 4.70 GHz

1,570

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

32C / 64T · 4.80 GHz

25,442

8C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

7,202

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

32C / 64T · 5.30 GHz

773 cb

8C / 8T · 4.70 GHz

465 cb

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

32C / 64T · 5.30 GHz

2,166

8C / 8T · 4.70 GHz

1,218

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

32C / 64T · 4.80 GHz

25,421 cb

8C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

3,644 cb

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

32C / 64T · 4.80 GHz

43,613

8C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

6,714

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

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 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

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X	Intel Core i7-9700
Family	AMD Ryzen Threadripper (16)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7000 (3)	Intel Core i 9000 (34)
Architecture	Storm Peak (Zen 4)	Coffee Lake S Refresh
Technology	5 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	sTR5	LGA 1151-2
Predecessor		Intel Core i7-8700
Successor	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9970X	Intel Core i7-10700

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X	Intel Core i7-9700
CPU Cores / Threads	32 / 64	8 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	32x Zen 4	8x
Frequency:	4.00 GHz	3.00 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	5.30 GHz	4.70 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.80 GHz	3.80 GHz
L2-Cache	32.00 MB
L3-Cache	128.00 MB	12.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X	Intel Core i7-9700
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 7970X	Intel Core i7-9700
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X	Intel Core i7-9700
Memory	DDR5-5200 (166.4 GB/s)	DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)
Max. Memory	1024 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	4	2
ECC	Yes	No
PCIe	5.0 x 48	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	189.0 GB/s	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X	Intel Core i7-9700
TDP	350 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	95 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X	Intel Core i7-9700
Chip design	Chiplet	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4A, SSE4.2, SSSE3, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q4/2023	Q2/2019
Release price	2990 $	335 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X
32C / 64T · 4.00 - 5.30 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-9700
8C / 8T · 3.00 - 4.70 GHz

★★★★★