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Intel Core i7-10700 vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X

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 2 - 61 %

Intel Core i7-10700

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 18 %

Intel Core i7-10700

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X

Cinebench 2026 Single-Thread
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.80 GHz

311 pts

64C / 128T · 5.10 GHz

425 pts

Cinebench 2026 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.80 GHz

2,200 pts

64C / 128T · 5.10 GHz

20,682 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.80 GHz

1,255 pts

64C / 128T · 5.10 GHz

1,897 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.60 GHz

12,250 pts

64C / 128T · 3.20 GHz

98,322 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.80 GHz

1,597

64C / 128T · 5.10 GHz

2,897

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.60 GHz

7,926

64C / 128T · 3.20 GHz

26,562

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.80 GHz

499 cb

64C / 128T · 5.10 GHz

742 cb

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

8C / 16T · 4.80 GHz

1,267

64C / 128T · 5.10 GHz

2,030

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.60 GHz

4,834 cb

64C / 128T · 3.20 GHz

36,982 cb

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

8C / 16T · 4.60 GHz

8,945

64C / 128T · 3.20 GHz

55,282

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

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Monero Hashrate
94 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	Intel Core i7-10700	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	AMD Ryzen Threadripper (16)
CPU group	Intel Core i 10000 (43)	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7000 (3)
Architecture	Comet Lake S	Storm Peak (Zen 4)
Technology	14 nm	5 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1200	sTR5
Predecessor	Intel Core i7-9700
Successor	Intel Core i7-11700	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9980X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-10700	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 16	64 / 128
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	8x	64x Zen 4
Frequency:	2.90 GHz	3.20 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.80 GHz	5.10 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.60 GHz
L2-Cache		64.00 MB
L3-Cache	16.00 MB	256.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-10700	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X
GPU name	Intel UHD Graphics 630	no iGPU
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	Intel Core i7-10700	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-10700	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X
Memory	DDR4-2933 (46.9 GB/s)	DDR5-5200 (166.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	1024 GB
Memory channels	2	4
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe	3.0 x 16	5.0 x 48
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	189.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-10700	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X
TDP	65 W	350 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C	95 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-10700	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X
Chip design	Monolithic	Chiplet
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4A, SSE4.2, SSSE3, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3
Release date	Q2/2020	Q4/2023
Release price	323 $	5900 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

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Intel Core i7-10700
8C / 16T · 2.90 - 4.80 GHz

★★★★★

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X
64C / 128T · 3.20 - 5.10 GHz

★★★★★