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Intel Core i9-9900 vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X

Last updated: 2026-06-05

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 60 %

Intel Core i9-9900

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 22 %

Intel Core i9-9900

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz

1,284 pts

32C / 64T · 5.30 GHz

1,988 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.00 GHz

12,205 pts

32C / 64T · 4.80 GHz

65,269 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz

1,637

32C / 64T · 5.30 GHz

2,942

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.00 GHz

7,619

32C / 64T · 4.80 GHz

25,442

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz

518 cb

32C / 64T · 5.30 GHz

773 cb

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

8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz

1,292

32C / 64T · 5.30 GHz

2,166

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.00 GHz

4,346 cb

32C / 64T · 4.80 GHz

25,421 cb

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

8C / 16T · 4.00 GHz

8,047

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

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i9-9900	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X
Family	Intel Core i9 (81)	AMD Ryzen Threadripper (16)
CPU group	Intel Core i 9000 (34)	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7000 (3)
Architecture	Coffee Lake S Refresh	Storm Peak (Zen 4)
Technology	14 nm	5 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1151-2	sTR5
Predecessor
Successor	Intel Core i9-10900	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9970X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i9-9900	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 16	32 / 64
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	8x	32x Zen 4
Frequency:	3.10 GHz	4.00 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	5.00 GHz	5.30 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.00 GHz	4.80 GHz
L2-Cache		32.00 MB
L3-Cache	16.00 MB	128.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i9-9900	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X
GPU name	Intel UHD Graphics 630	no iGPU
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.20 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3
Max. GPU Memory	64 GB
Technology	14 nm
Release date	Q4/2017

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i9-9900	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i9-9900	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X
Memory	DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)	DDR5-5200 (166.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	1024 GB
Memory channels	2	4
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe	3.0 x 16	5.0 x 48
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	189.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i9-9900	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X
TDP	65 W	350 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C	95 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i9-9900	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X
Chip design	Monolithic	Chiplet
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4A, SSE4.2, SSSE3, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3
Release date	Q2/2019	Q4/2023
Release price	550 $	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 i9-9900 is 4.5 stars (19 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 i9-9900
8C / 16T · 3.10 - 5.00 GHz

★★★★★

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

★★★★★