Intel Core i9-7980XE vs AMD Ryzen 3 1200

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i9-7980XE CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Ryzen 3 1200
Intel Core i9-7980XE AMD Ryzen 3 1200

CPU comparison

Intel Core i9-7980XE or AMD Ryzen 3 1200 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Core i9-7980XE has 18 cores with 36 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.20 GHz. Up to 128 GB of memory is supported in 4 memory channels. The Intel Core i9-7980XE was released in Q4/2017.

The AMD Ryzen 3 1200 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 3 1200 was released in Q1/2017.
Intel Core i9 (78) Family AMD Ryzen 3 (33)
Intel Core i 7000X (9) CPU group AMD Ryzen 1000 (15)
7 Generation 1
Skylake X Architecture Summit Ridge (Zen)
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
Intel Core i9-9980XE Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i9-7980XE is a 18 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.60 GHz (4.20 GHz). The AMD Ryzen 3 1200 has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.10 GHz (3.40 GHz).
Intel Core i9-7980XE Characteristic AMD Ryzen 3 1200
18 Cores 4
36 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
Yes Overclocking ? Yes
2.60 GHz Frequency 3.10 GHz
4.20 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.40 GHz
3.50 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.10 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
Intel Core i9-7980XE Characteristic AMD Ryzen 3 1200
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
no iGPU GPU no iGPU
GPU frequency --
-- GPU (Turbo) --
-- GPU Generation --
Technology
Max. displays
-- Compute units --
-- Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
-- DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
no iGPU GPU no iGPU
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
No Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC No
No Codec VC-1 No
No Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i9-7980XE supports a maximum of 128 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 3 1200 can connect up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
Intel Core i9-7980XE Characteristic AMD Ryzen 3 1200
DDR4-2666 Memory DDR4-2666
128 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
4 (Quad Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
85.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 42.7 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache 2.00 MB
25.00 MB L3 Cache 8.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
44 PCIe lanes 20
43.3 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 19.7 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Core i9-7980XE has a TDP of 165 W, that of the AMD Ryzen 3 1200 is 65 W.
Intel Core i9-7980XE Characteristic AMD Ryzen 3 1200
165 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 65 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 95 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i9-7980XE has a 25.00 MB cache, while the AMD Ryzen 3 1200 cache has a total of 10.00 MB.
Intel Core i9-7980XE Characteristic AMD Ryzen 3 1200
14 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
LGA 2066 Socket AM4 (PGA 1331)
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q4/2017 Release date Q1/2017
1999 $ Release price 120 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i9-7980XE (100%)
AMD Ryzen 3 1200 (73%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 6 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i9-7980XE (100%)
AMD Ryzen 3 1200 (18%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i9-7980XE Intel Core i9-7980XE
18C 36T @ 4.20 GHz
1121 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 3 1200 AMD Ryzen 3 1200
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
800 (71%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i9-7980XE Intel Core i9-7980XE
18C 36T @ 3.50 GHz
16495 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 3 1200 AMD Ryzen 3 1200
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
2574 (16%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Core i9-7980XE Intel Core i9-7980XE
18C 36T @ 4.20 GHz
1394 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 3 1200 AMD Ryzen 3 1200
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
1073 (77%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Core i9-7980XE Intel Core i9-7980XE
18C 36T @ 3.50 GHz
11708 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 3 1200 AMD Ryzen 3 1200
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
3064 (26%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i9-7980XE Intel Core i9-7980XE
18C 36T @ 4.20 GHz
446 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 3 1200 AMD Ryzen 3 1200
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
333 (75%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i9-7980XE Intel Core i9-7980XE
18C 36T @ 3.50 GHz
7671 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 3 1200 AMD Ryzen 3 1200
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
1191 (16%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Core i9-7980XE Intel Core i9-7980XE
18C 36T @ 3.50 GHz
30321 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 3 1200 AMD Ryzen 3 1200
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
6315 (21%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Core i9-7980XE Intel Core i9-7980XE
18C 36T @ 2.60 GHz
10563 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 3 1200 AMD Ryzen 3 1200
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
1372 (13%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i9-7980XE Intel Core i9-7980XE
18C 36T @ 4.20 GHz
184 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 3 1200 AMD Ryzen 3 1200
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
129 (70%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i9-7980XE Intel Core i9-7980XE
18C 36T @ 3.50 GHz
3455 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 3 1200 AMD Ryzen 3 1200
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
477 (14%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i9-7980XE Intel Core i9-7980XE
18C 36T @ 4.20 GHz
1281 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 3 1200 AMD Ryzen 3 1200
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i9-7980XE Intel Core i9-7980XE
18C 36T @ 3.50 GHz
28196 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 3 1200 AMD Ryzen 3 1200
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
0 (0%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
Intel Core i9-7980XE Intel Core i9-7980XE
18C 36T @ 3.50 GHz
77 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 3 1200 AMD Ryzen 3 1200
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Core i9-7980XE Intel Core i9-7980XE
18C 36T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 3 1200 AMD Ryzen 3 1200
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
375 (100%)

Devices using this processor
Intel Core i9-7980XE AMD Ryzen 3 1200
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