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Intel Core i7-3820 vs AMD Ryzen 7 9700F
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i7-3820
22 %
4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz
AMD Ryzen 7 9700F
100 %
8C / 16T · 5.50 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i7-3820
16 %
4C / 8T · 3.60 GHz
AMD Ryzen 7 9700F
100 %
8C / 16T · 4.70 GHz
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
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Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
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Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries
666 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries
615 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries
140 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-3820 | AMD Ryzen 7 9700F |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition (24) | AMD Ryzen 7 (79) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i 3000X (4) | AMD Ryzen 9000 (17) |
| Architecture | Sandy Bridge E | Granite Ridge (Zen 5) |
| Technology | 32 nm | 4 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Socket | LGA 2011 | AM5 (LGA 1718) |
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Intel Core i7-3820 | AMD Ryzen 7 9700F |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 4 / 8 | 8 / 16 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 4x | 8x Zen 5 |
| Frequency: | 3.60 GHz | 3.80 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 3.80 GHz | 5.50 GHz |
| Turbo (All Cores): | 4.70 GHz | |
| L2-Cache | 8.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 10.00 MB | 32.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✓ | ✓ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Intel Core i7-3820 | AMD Ryzen 7 9700F |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | no iGPU | no iGPU |
| GPU frequency | ||
| CUs / Shader | / | / |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | ||
| Max. GPU Memory | ||
| Technology | ||
| Release date |
NPU AI performance
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Intel Core i7-3820 | AMD Ryzen 7 9700F |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-3820 | AMD Ryzen 7 9700F |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR3-1600 (51.2 GB/s) DDR3-1333 (42.6 GB/s) DDR3-1066 (34.2 GB/s) | DDR5-5600 (89.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 64 GB | 256 GB |
| Memory channels | 4 | 2 |
| ECC | No | Yes |
| PCIe | 2.0 x 40 | 5.0 x 24 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 20.0 GB/s | 94.5 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Intel Core i7-3820 | AMD Ryzen 7 9700F |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 130 W | 65 W |
| TDP (PL2) | 88 W | |
| TDP up | 105 W | |
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 105 °C | 95 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-3820 | AMD Ryzen 7 9700F |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 |
| Release date | Q1/2012 | Q3/2025 |
| Release price | 305 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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