Intel Core i9-7920X Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Core i9-7920X has 12 cores with 24 threads and is based on the 7. gen of the Intel Core i9 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the LGA 2066 socket and was released in Q3/2017. The Intel Core i9-7920X scores 1,133 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 11,498 points.
Intel Core i9-7920X

CPU lineage

The segment in which we have classified the Intel Core i9-7920X. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the Intel Core i9-7920X.

Name: Intel Core i9-7920X
Family: Intel Core i9 (78)
CPU group: Intel Core i 7000X (9)
Architecture: Skylake X
Segment: Desktop / Server
Generation: 7
Predecessor: --
Successor: Intel Core i9-9920X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i9-7920X has 12 CPU cores and can calculate 24 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i9-7920X is 2.90 GHz (4.30 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads: 12 / 24
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 12x
Hyperthreading / SMT: Yes
Overclocking: Yes
Frequency: 2.90 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): 4.30 GHz
Turbo Frequency (12 Cores): 3.70 GHz

Memory & PCIe

The processor can use up to 128 GB memory in 4 (Quad Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 85.4 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
DDR4-2666
85.4 GB/s
Max. Memory: 128 GB
Memory channels: 4 (Quad Channel)
ECC: No
PCIe: 3.0 x 44
PCIe Bandwidth: 43.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 165 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 165 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: --

Technical details

The Intel Core i9-7920X is made in 14 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 16.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology: 14 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: LGA 2066
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: 16.00 MB
AES-NI: Yes
Operating systems: Windows 10, Linux
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
Release date: Q3/2017
Release price: 1189 $
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i9-7920X have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.


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.
AMD Ryzen 3 3100 AMD Ryzen 3 3100
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
1134
AMD Ryzen 3 4300G AMD Ryzen 3 4300G
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
1134
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
1134
Intel Core i9-7920X Intel Core i9-7920X
12C 24T @ 4.30 GHz
1133
Intel Core i9-7940X Intel Core i9-7940X
14C 28T @ 4.30 GHz
1133
Intel Core i9-7900X Intel Core i9-7900X
10C 20T @ 4.30 GHz
1133
Intel Xeon Gold 5315Y Intel Xeon Gold 5315Y
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
1132

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.
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
11600
Intel Core i5-14450HX Intel Core i5-14450HX
10C 16T @ 2.40 GHz
11510
Intel Xeon W-2255 Intel Xeon W-2255
10C 20T @ 4.40 GHz
11508
Intel Core i9-7920X Intel Core i9-7920X
12C 24T @ 3.70 GHz
11498
Intel Xeon W-2170B Intel Xeon W-2170B
14C 28T @ 3.60 GHz
11488
Intel Xeon Gold 6246 Intel Xeon Gold 6246
12C 24T @ 3.70 GHz
11485
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
11465

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 i7-8809G Intel Core i7-8809G
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
1412
Intel Core i5-7640X Intel Core i5-7640X
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
1411
Intel Xeon Gold 6226R Intel Xeon Gold 6226R
16C 32T @ 3.90 GHz
1411
Intel Core i9-7920X Intel Core i9-7920X
12C 24T @ 4.30 GHz
1410
Intel Xeon D-2796TE Intel Xeon D-2796TE
20C 40T @ 3.10 GHz
1410
Intel Xeon W-2150B Intel Xeon W-2150B
10C 20T @ 4.50 GHz
1410
Intel Xeon W-3275M Intel Xeon W-3275M
28C 56T @ 4.60 GHz
1410

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 Xeon W-11955M Intel Xeon W-11955M
8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
9986
Intel Core i5-12500H Intel Core i5-12500H
12C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
9961
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
9938
Intel Core i9-7920X Intel Core i9-7920X
12C 24T @ 3.70 GHz
9881
Intel Core i9-10850K Intel Core i9-10850K
10C 20T @ 4.80 GHz
9867
AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS
8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
9832
Intel Core i7-1280P Intel Core i7-1280P
14C 20T @ 3.00 GHz
9827

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.
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT
8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
23728
Intel Xeon W-11865MRE Intel Xeon W-11865MRE
8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
23717
Intel Core i9-10900K Intel Core i9-10900K
10C 20T @ 4.90 GHz
23706
Intel Core i9-7920X Intel Core i9-7920X
12C 24T @ 3.70 GHz
23625
Intel Core i7-1370P Intel Core i7-1370P
14C 20T @ 1.90 GHz
23617
AMD EPYC 7351 AMD EPYC 7351
16C 32T @ 2.90 GHz
23569
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
23400

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 i9-10920X Intel Core i9-10920X
12C 24T @ 4.40 GHz
115.3
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
12C 24T @ 4.00 GHz
115.9
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
16C 32T @ 3.50 GHz
116.3
Intel Core i9-7920X Intel Core i9-7920X
12C 24T @ 3.70 GHz
120.9
Intel Core i9-7940X Intel Core i9-7940X
14C 28T @ 3.70 GHz
121.7
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
16C 32T @ 3.50 GHz
124
Intel Core i9-10900K Intel Core i9-10900K
10C 20T @ 4.90 GHz
126

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 i5-13400 Intel Core i5-13400
10C 16T @ 2.50 GHz
6282
Intel Core i9-11900F Intel Core i9-11900F
8C 16T @ 2.50 GHz
6265
Intel Core i7-11700KF Intel Core i7-11700KF
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
6240
Intel Core i9-7920X Intel Core i9-7920X
12C 24T @ 2.90 GHz
6200
Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3
16C 32T @ 2.30 GHz
6076
Intel Core i9-9900KS Intel Core i9-9900KS
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
6012
Intel Core i7-6950X Intel Core i7-6950X
10C 20T @ 3.00 GHz
5950

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 i5-10400 Intel Core i5-10400
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz
190
Intel Core i5-10300H Intel Core i5-10300H
4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz
189
Intel Core i7-8557U Intel Core i7-8557U
4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz
189
Intel Core i9-7920X Intel Core i9-7920X
12C 24T @ 4.30 GHz
188
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4350GE AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4350GE
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
188
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750U
8C 16T @ 4.10 GHz
188
AMD Ryzen 5 3500 AMD Ryzen 5 3500
6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz
188

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 Xeon W-2170B Intel Xeon W-2170B
14C 28T @ 3.60 GHz
2504
Intel Xeon W-2175 Intel Xeon W-2175
14C 28T @ 3.60 GHz
2504
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
2477
Intel Core i9-7920X Intel Core i9-7920X
12C 24T @ 3.70 GHz
2438
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
12C 24T @ 3.60 GHz
2433
Intel Xeon Gold 6146 Intel Xeon Gold 6146
12C 24T @ 3.60 GHz
2399
Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4
18C 36T @ 2.50 GHz
2384

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