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Intel Core i7-980 vs AMD Ryzen 5 9500F
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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 i7-980
21 %
6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz
AMD Ryzen 5 9500F
100 %
6C / 12T · 5.00 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i7-980
19 %
6C / 12T · 3.33 GHz
AMD Ryzen 5 9500F
100 %
6C / 12T · 3.80 GHz
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-980 | AMD Ryzen 5 9500F |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core i7 (300) | AMD Ryzen 5 (100) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i7 900 (4) | AMD Ryzen 9000 (17) |
| Architecture | Gulftown | Granite Ridge (Zen 5) |
| Technology | 32 nm | 4 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Socket | LGA 1366 | AM5 (LGA 1718) |
| Predecessor | AMD Ryzen 5 7600 | |
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Intel Core i7-980 | AMD Ryzen 5 9500F |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 6 / 12 | 6 / 12 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 6x | 6x Zen 5 |
| Frequency: | 3.33 GHz | 3.80 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 3.60 GHz | 5.00 GHz |
| Turbo (All Cores): | ||
| L2-Cache | 1.50 MB | 6.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 12.00 MB | 32.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✓ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Intel Core i7-980 | AMD Ryzen 5 9500F |
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| 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 i7-980 | AMD Ryzen 5 9500F |
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| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Intel Core i7-980 | AMD Ryzen 5 9500F |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR3-1066 (25.6 GB/s) | DDR5-5600 (89.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 24 GB | 256 GB |
| Memory channels | 3 | 2 |
| ECC | No | Yes |
| PCIe | 5.0 x 24 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 94.5 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Intel Core i7-980 | AMD Ryzen 5 9500F |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 130 W | 65 W |
| TDP (PL2) | 88 W | |
| TDP up | 105 W | |
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 95 °C |
Technical details
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Intel Core i7-980 | AMD Ryzen 5 9500F |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 |
| Release date | Q2/2011 | Q3/2025 |
| Release price | 594 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
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Your rating
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