Samsung Exynos 7580 vs Intel Core i9-7960X

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Samsung Exynos 7580 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i9-7960X
Samsung Exynos 7580 Intel Core i9-7960X

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Samsung Exynos 7580 and the Intel Core i9-7960X and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Samsung Exynos 7580 8 core processor released in Q2/2015 with the Intel Core i9-7960X which has 16 CPU cores and was introduced in Q4/2017.
Samsung Exynos (47) Family Intel Core i9 (78)
Samsung Exynos 7578/7580 (2) CPU group Intel Core i 7000X (9)
1 Generation 7
Cortex-A53 Architecture Skylake X
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor Intel Core i9-9960X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Samsung Exynos 7580 is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.60 GHz. The processor can compute 8 threads at the same time. The Intel Core i9-7960X clocks with 2.80 GHz (4.20 GHz), has 16 CPU cores and can calculate 32 threads in parallel.

Samsung Exynos 7580 Characteristic Intel Core i9-7960X
8 Cores 16
8 Threads 32
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? Yes
1.60 GHz Frequency 2.80 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.20 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.60 GHz

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

Samsung Exynos 7580 Characteristic Intel Core i9-7960X
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

ARM Mali-T720 MP2 GPU no iGPU
0.65 GHz GPU frequency --
0.65 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
Midgard 3 GPU Generation --
28nm Technology
2 Max. displays
2 Compute units --
32 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
11 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.

ARM Mali-T720 MP2 GPU no iGPU
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC No
No Codec VC-1 No
No Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

Up to GB of memory in a maximum of 0 memory channels is supported by the Samsung Exynos 7580, while the Intel Core i9-7960X supports a maximum of 128 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 85.4 GB/s enabled.

Samsung Exynos 7580 Characteristic Intel Core i9-7960X
LPDDR3-933 Memory DDR4-2666
Max. Memory 128 GB
0 Memory channels 4 (Quad Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 85.4 GB/s
No ECC No
2.00 MB L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 22.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 44
-- PCIe Bandwidth 43.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

The Samsung Exynos 7580 has a TDP of --. The TDP of the Intel Core i9-7960X is 165 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Samsung Exynos 7580 Characteristic Intel Core i9-7960X
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 165 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Samsung Exynos 7580 has 2.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 28 nm. The cache of Intel Core i9-7960X is at 22.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 14 nm.

Samsung Exynos 7580 Characteristic Intel Core i9-7960X
28 nm Technology 14 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
-- Socket LGA 2066
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2015 Release date Q4/2017
-- Release price 1699 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Samsung Exynos 7580 (9%)
Intel Core i9-7960X (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Samsung Exynos 7580 (3%)
Intel Core i9-7960X (100%)

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.
Samsung Exynos 7580 Samsung Exynos 7580
8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz
106 (9%)
Intel Core i9-7960X Intel Core i9-7960X
16C 32T @ 4.20 GHz
1121 (100%)

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.
Samsung Exynos 7580 Samsung Exynos 7580
8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz
399 (3%)
Intel Core i9-7960X Intel Core i9-7960X
16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz
13468 (100%)

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.
Samsung Exynos 7580 Samsung Exynos 7580
8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz
879 (3%)
Intel Core i9-7960X Intel Core i9-7960X
16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz
27022 (100%)

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.
Samsung Exynos 7580 Samsung Exynos 7580
8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-7960X Intel Core i9-7960X
16C 32T @ 4.20 GHz
1103 (100%)

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.
Samsung Exynos 7580 Samsung Exynos 7580
8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-7960X Intel Core i9-7960X
16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz
22189 (100%)

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.
Samsung Exynos 7580 Samsung Exynos 7580
8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-7960X Intel Core i9-7960X
16C 32T @ 4.20 GHz
1394 (100%)

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.
Samsung Exynos 7580 Samsung Exynos 7580
8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-7960X Intel Core i9-7960X
16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz
11810 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Samsung Exynos 7580 Samsung Exynos 7580
ARM Mali-T720 MP2 @ 0.65 GHz
22 (100%)
Intel Core i9-7960X Intel Core i9-7960X
@ 0.00 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.
Samsung Exynos 7580 Samsung Exynos 7580
8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-7960X Intel Core i9-7960X
16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz
111.4 (100%)

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.
Samsung Exynos 7580 Samsung Exynos 7580
8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-7960X Intel Core i9-7960X
16C 32T @ 2.80 GHz
8088 (100%)

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.
Samsung Exynos 7580 Samsung Exynos 7580
8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-7960X Intel Core i9-7960X
16C 32T @ 4.20 GHz
184 (100%)

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.
Samsung Exynos 7580 Samsung Exynos 7580
8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-7960X Intel Core i9-7960X
16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz
3161 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Samsung Exynos 7580 Intel Core i9-7960X
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