AMD Ryzen 3 3100U vs Intel Core i9 7960X

CPU Specs Compare

C

AMD Ryzen 3 3100U

AMD 2026-06
C

Intel Core i9 7960X

Intel 2017-09

General Parameters

Release Date
Jun 2026
Sep 2017
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Core Architecture
Picasso
Skylake
Integrated Graphics
Radeon Vega 8
N/A
Generation
Ryzen 3 (Zen+ (Picasso))
-
Instruction Set
-
x86-64
Processor Number
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i9-7960X

Package

Transistor Count
4.94 billions
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Manufacturing Process
12 nm
14 nm
Socket
AMD Socket FP5
LGA-2066
Power Consumption
15 W
165 W
Peak Operating Temperature
105°C
98 °C
Foundry
GlobalFoundries
-
Die Size
210 mm²
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Package
FP5
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CPU Performance

Performance Core Base Frequency
1.9 GHz
2.8 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.2 GHz
4.2 GHz
Total Core Count
2
16
Total Thread Count
2
32
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
19.0
28x
L1 Cache
96 KB per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
512 KB per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
4 MB shared
22 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
SMP
1
-
Performance Cores
-
16
Performance Core Threads
-
32

Memory Parameters

Memory Types
DDR4-2400
DDR4-2666
Max Memory Channels
2
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
38.4 GB/s
79.47 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Max Memory Size
-
128 GB

Miscellaneous

PCIe Version
3
3.0
Official Website
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PCIe Lanes
-
44
Extended Instruction Set
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SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512

📊 Benchmark

Cinebench R23
-
1,099
Cinebench R23
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22,189
Geekbench 6
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1,313
Geekbench 6
-
9,066
Passmark CPU
-
2,489
Passmark CPU
-
26,917