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Intel Core i7-7700K vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X

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 - 58 %

Intel Core i7-7700K

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 12 %

Intel Core i7-7700K

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X

Cinebench 2026 Single-Thread
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.50 GHz

310 pts

32C / 64T · 5.30 GHz

458 pts

Cinebench 2026 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.50 GHz

1,522 pts

32C / 64T · 5.30 GHz

14,436 pts

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.50 GHz

75 pts

32C / 64T · 5.30 GHz

119 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.50 GHz

355 pts

32C / 64T · 5.30 GHz

3,685 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.50 GHz

1,216 pts

32C / 64T · 5.30 GHz

1,988 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.40 GHz

6,055 pts

32C / 64T · 4.80 GHz

65,269 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.50 GHz

1,463

32C / 64T · 5.30 GHz

2,942

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.40 GHz

5,149

32C / 64T · 4.80 GHz

25,442

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.50 GHz

466 cb

32C / 64T · 5.30 GHz

773 cb

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

4C / 8T · 4.50 GHz

1,229

32C / 64T · 5.30 GHz

2,166

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.40 GHz

2,257 cb

32C / 64T · 4.80 GHz

25,421 cb

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

4C / 8T · 4.40 GHz

4,719

32C / 64T · 4.80 GHz

43,613

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

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

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

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-7700K	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	AMD Ryzen Threadripper (16)
CPU group	Intel Core i 7000 (17)	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7000 (3)
Architecture	Kaby Lake S	Storm Peak (Zen 4)
Technology	14 nm	5 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1151	sTR5
Predecessor	Intel Core i7-6700K
Successor	Intel Core i7-8700K	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9970X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-7700K	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 8	32 / 64
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x	32x Zen 4
Frequency:	4.20 GHz	4.00 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.50 GHz	5.30 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.40 GHz	4.80 GHz
L2-Cache		32.00 MB
L3-Cache	8.00 MB	128.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-7700K	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 630	no iGPU
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3
Max. GPU Memory	64 GB
Technology	14 nm
Release date	Q2/2016

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-7700K	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-7700K	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X
Memory	DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s) DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	DDR5-5200 (166.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory	64 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 i7-7700K	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X
TDP	91 W	350 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.		95 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-7700K	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X
Chip design	Monolithic	Chiplet
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, 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	Q1/2017	Q4/2023
Release price	350 $	2990 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

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Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i7-7700K
4C / 8T · 4.20 - 4.50 GHz

★★★★★

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

★★★★★