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Intel Core i9-7980XE vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X

Last updated: 2026-06-03

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 91 %

Intel Core i9-7980XE

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 73 %

Intel Core i9-7980XE

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

18C / 36T · 4.20 GHz

1,281 pts

24C / 48T · 4.50 GHz

1,270 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

18C / 36T · 3.50 GHz

28,196 pts

24C / 48T · 4.00 GHz

34,255 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

18C / 36T · 4.20 GHz

1,394

24C / 48T · 4.50 GHz

1,684

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

18C / 36T · 3.50 GHz

11,708

24C / 48T · 4.00 GHz

13,875

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

18C / 36T · 4.20 GHz

446 cb

24C / 48T · 4.50 GHz

509 cb

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

18C / 36T · 4.20 GHz

1,121

24C / 48T · 4.50 GHz

1,274

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

18C / 36T · 3.50 GHz

7,671 cb

24C / 48T · 4.00 GHz

13,552 cb

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

18C / 36T · 3.50 GHz

16,495

24C / 48T · 4.00 GHz

21,436

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
Multi-core performance

18C / 36T · 3.50 GHz

77.0 s

24C / 48T · 4.00 GHz

59.2 s

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

18C / 36T · 2.60 GHz

10,563

24C / 48T · 3.80 GHz

16,082

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

18C / 36T · 4.20 GHz

184 cb

24C / 48T · 4.50 GHz

209 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

18C / 36T · 3.50 GHz

3,455 cb

24C / 48T · 4.00 GHz

5,933 cb

More benchmarks

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

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Monero Hashrate
94 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

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i9-7980XE	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
Family	Intel Core i9 (81)	AMD Ryzen Threadripper (16)
CPU group	Intel Core i 7000X (9)	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3000 (3)
Architecture	Skylake X	Castle Peak (Zen 2)
Technology	14 nm	7 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 2066	TRX4 (sTRX4)
Predecessor
Successor	Intel Core i9-9980XE

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i9-7980XE	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
CPU Cores / Threads	18 / 36	24 / 48
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	18x	24x
Frequency:	2.60 GHz	3.80 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.20 GHz	4.50 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.50 GHz	4.00 GHz
L2-Cache		12.00 MB
L3-Cache	25.00 MB	128.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i9-7980XE	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
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 i9-7980XE	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i9-7980XE	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
Memory	DDR4-2666 (85.4 GB/s)	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	2048 GB
Memory channels	4	4
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe	3.0 x 44	4.0 x 64
PCIe Bandwidth	43.3 GB/s	126.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i9-7980XE	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
TDP	165 W	280 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.		95 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i9-7980XE	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
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, AVX2, AVX-512	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release date	Q4/2017	Q4/2019
Release price	1999 $	1435 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

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Intel Core i9-7980XE
18C / 36T · 2.60 - 4.20 GHz

★★★★★

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
24C / 48T · 3.80 - 4.50 GHz

★★★★★