Last week, overclockers pitted AMD ’s Ryzen Threadripper 1950X against Intel ’s Core i9-7960X. Now, we have the results, and Intel’s CPU boasts a near-clean sweep. In fact, the Core i9 beat out Threadripper in eight out of nine tests.
Core i9-7960X Against Threadripper 1950X
High-profile overclockers Splave, HiCookie, Sofos1990, and TheOverclocker pushed the two processors to their limit. In the process, they broke two world records and set seven new global first places. The results, carried by HWBOT (via WCCFTech ), are as follows:
World Records
Wprime 23M
Score: 1.264 sec Overclocker: Splave Processor: Intel Core i9-7960X Motherboard: ASRock X299 OC Formula
HWBOT x265 Benchmark 1080P
Score: 168.44 fps Overclocker: Hicookie Processor: Intel Core i9-7960X Motherboard: Gigabyte X299-SOC Champion
Global First Places
Cinebench – R11.5
Score: 52.33 points Overclocker: Splave Processor: Intel Core i9-7960X Motherboard: ASRock X299 OC Formula
Cinebench R15
Score: 4931 cb Overclocker: Sofos1990 Processor: Intel Core i9-7960X Motherboard: Gigabyte X299 SOC Champion
GPUPI
Score: 1 min 5.981 ms Overclocker: TheOverclocker Processor: AMD Ryzen Theadripper 1950X Motherboard: Asus ROG Zenith Extreme
Geekbench 3 Multi Core
Score: 80192 points Overclocker: Sofos1990 Processor: Intel Core i9-7960X Motherboard: Gigabyte X299 SOC Champion
HWBOT Prime
Score: 14751 pps Overclocker: Hicookie Processor: Intel Core i9-7960X Motherboard: Gigabyte X299 SOC Champion
HWBOT x265 Benchmark 4K
Score: 40.76 fps Overclocker: Hicookie Processor: Intel Core i9-7960X Motherboard: Gigabyte X299 SOC Champion
Wprime 1024M
Score: 29.499 sec Overclocker: Hicookie Processor: Intel Core i9-7960X Motherboard: Gigabyte X299 SOC Champion
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X Specifications
Base Clock: 3.4GHz Turbo Clock: 4.0GHz Cores/Threads: 16/32 L3 Cache: 40MB PCIe Lanes: 64 Memory Support: Quad-channel DDR4-2666 TDP: 180W
Intel Core i9-7960X Specifications
Base Clock: 2.8GHz Turbo Clock: 4.2GHz Turbo Boost Max 3.0: 4.4GHz Cores/Threads: 16/32 L3 Cache: 22MB PCIe Lanes: 44 Memory Support: Quad-channel DDR4-2666 TDP: 165W
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