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Intel Core i7-970 vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X

Last updated: 2026-02-05

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 24 %

Intel Core i7-970

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 9 %

Intel Core i7-970

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 3.46 GHz

620

32C / 64T · 5.30 GHz

2,942

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 3.20 GHz

2,654

32C / 64T · 4.80 GHz

25,442

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

6C / 12T · 3.46 GHz

582

32C / 64T · 5.30 GHz

2,166

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

6C / 12T · 3.20 GHz

3,263

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

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-970	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	AMD Ryzen Threadripper (16)
CPU group	Intel Core i7 900 (4)	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7000 (3)
Architecture	Gulftown	Storm Peak (Zen 4)
Technology	32 nm	5 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1366	sTR5
Predecessor
Successor		AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9970X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-970	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X
CPU Cores / Threads	6 / 12	32 / 64
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	6x	32x Zen 4
Frequency:	3.20 GHz	4.00 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	3.46 GHz	5.30 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):		4.80 GHz
L2-Cache	1.50 MB	32.00 MB
L3-Cache	12.00 MB	128.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-970	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X
GPU name	no iGPU	no iGPU
GPU frequency
CUs / Shader	/	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays
Max. GPU Memory
Technology
Release date

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-970	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-970	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X
Memory	DDR3-1066 (25.6 GB/s)	DDR5-5200 (166.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory	24 GB	1024 GB
Memory channels	3	4
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe		5.0 x 48
PCIe Bandwidth		189.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-970	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X
TDP	130 W	350 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.		95 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-970	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	SSE4A, SSE4.2, SSSE3, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3
Release date	Q3/2010	Q4/2023
Release price	594 $	2990 $
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 Intel Core i7-970 is 4.7 stars (3 ratings), while AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X has received 1.6 stars (62 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i7-970
6C / 12T · 3.20 - 3.46 GHz

★★★★★

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

★★★★★