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Intel Core i9-7980XE vs AMD A4-9120C
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
More benchmarks
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
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries
190 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries
251 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries
1,113 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
1,110 entries
Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries
945 entries
Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries
941 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries
826 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries
837 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Intel Core i9-7980XE | AMD A4-9120C |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core i9 (81) | AMD A (112) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i 7000X (9) | AMD A4-9000 (2) |
| Architecture | Skylake X | Stoney Ridge (Excavator) |
| Technology | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Notebook |
| Socket | LGA 2066 | FP4 |
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor | Intel Core i9-9980XE |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Intel Core i9-7980XE | AMD A4-9120C |
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| CPU Cores / Threads | 18 / 36 | 2 / 2 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 18x | 2x |
| Frequency: | 2.60 GHz | 1.60 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 4.20 GHz | 2.40 GHz |
| Turbo (All Cores): | 3.50 GHz | 2.00 GHz |
| L2-Cache | ||
| L3-Cache | 25.00 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✓ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Intel Core i9-7980XE | AMD A4-9120C |
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| GPU name | no iGPU | AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge) |
| GPU frequency | 0.60 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | / | 3 / 192 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 2 GB | |
| Technology | 28 nm | |
| Release date | Q2/2016 |
NPU AI performance
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Intel Core i9-7980XE | AMD A4-9120C |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Intel Core i9-7980XE | AMD A4-9120C |
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| Memory | DDR4-2666 (85.4 GB/s) | DDR4-1866 (15.0 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 128 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory channels | 4 | 1 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 44 | 3.0 x 8 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 43.3 GB/s | 7.9 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Intel Core i9-7980XE | AMD A4-9120C |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 165 W | 6 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 90 °C |
Technical details
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Intel Core i9-7980XE | AMD A4-9120C |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Unknown |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux | |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 |
| Release date | Q4/2017 | Q1/2019 |
| Release price | 1999 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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