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Overclockers Pit i9-7960X Against Threadripper 1950X

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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