AMD Ryzen 5 1500X vs Intel Core i7-980X

What is the difference between AMD Ryzen 5 1500X and Intel Core i7-980X. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

900Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score649
3572Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score3443
9071PassMark CPU Mark Rating6745
2107PassMark Single Thread Rating1526
3DMark Time Spy Physics Score4192

Processor Specs

AMD Ryzen 5 1500XProcessorIntel Core i7-980X
3500 MHzFrequency3330 MHz
3700 MHzMaximum Frequency3600 MHz
4Cores6
8Threads12
65 WTDP130 W
Summit RidgeCodenameGulftown
Socket AM4 (1331)PackageFCLGA1366

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

892Single-Core Score651
3608Multi-Core Score3651
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

macOS 12.0 (Build 21A5284e)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
MacPro7,1ModelEUROCOM Panther 2.0
MacPro7,1Model ID
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Mac-27AD2F918AE68F61 MacPro7,1MotherboardEUROCOM Panther 2.0

CPU Specifications

AMD Ryzen 5 1500XNameIntel Core i7-980X
1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 6 Cores, 12 Threads
AuthenticAMD Family 23 Model 1 Stepping 1IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 44 Stepping 2
3.70 GHzBase Frequency3.34 GHz
Maximum Frequency3599 MHz
PackageSocket 1366 LGA
CodenameGulftown
64.0 KB x 4L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 6
32.0 KB x 4L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 6
512 KB x 4L2 Cache256 KB x 6
8.00 MB x 2L3 Cache12.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

16.00 GBSize12.00 GB
Frequency666 MHz
RAMTypeDDR3 SDRAM
Channels3

Geekbench 5 result (single)

892Single-Core Score651
1737Crypto Score597
757Integer Score655
1045Floating Point Score 650
1737
2.96 GB/sec
AES-XTS597
1.02 GB/sec
859
4.34 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)863
4.36 MB/sec
819
38.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression750
35.5 Mpixels/sec
750
2.11 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)730
2.06 MTE/sec
613
720.2 KElements/sec
HTML5624
732.1 KElements/sec
664
208.1 Krows/sec
SQLite597
186.9 Krows/sec
814
44.2 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering632
34.3 Mpixels/sec
651
207.3 KB/sec
Text Rendering561
178.6 KB/sec
748
5.83 Klines/sec
Clang620
4.83 Klines/sec
954
11.1 images/sec
Camera577
6.69 images/sec
816
1.02 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics577
722.4 Kpairs/sec
1105
6844.6 FPS
Rigid Body Physics660
4088.4 FPS
1184
65.1 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur493
27.1 Mpixels/sec
977
7.52 images/sec
Face Detection681
5.24 images/sec
833
20.5 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection698
17.2 Mpixels/sec
1689
82.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1129
55.4 Mpixels/sec
1684
22.9 Mpixels/sec
HDR1104
15.0 Mpixels/sec
1238
994.5 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing702
563.8 Kpixels/sec
867
7.77 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion459
4.11 Kpixels/sec
878
28.1 Words/sec
Speech Recognition796
25.4 Words/sec
700
27.0 images/sec
Machine Learning308
11.9 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

3608Multi-Core Score3651
5951Crypto Score3653
3292Integer Score3670
3902Floating Point Score 3610
5951
10.1 GB/sec
AES-XTS3653
6.23 GB/sec
3476
17.6 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)5604
28.3 MB/sec
3967
187.7 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression4817
227.9 Mpixels/sec
2695
7.60 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)2606
7.35 MTE/sec
2791
3.28 MElements/sec
HTML53762
4.42 MElements/sec
3798
1.19 Mrows/sec
SQLite3836
1.20 Mrows/sec
3532
191.7 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering4067
220.7 Mpixels/sec
2554
813.7 KB/sec
Text Rendering2699
859.8 KB/sec
3564
27.8 Klines/sec
Clang4035
31.4 Klines/sec
3587
41.6 images/sec
Camera2685
31.1 images/sec
3422
4.28 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics3597
4.50 Mpairs/sec
4994
30938.1 FPS
Rigid Body Physics4736
29342.7 FPS
3528
193.9 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur3013
165.6 Mpixels/sec
4013
30.9 images/sec
Face Detection4235
32.6 images/sec
3854
95.0 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection4215
103.9 Mpixels/sec
6425
315.2 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting5331
261.5 Mpixels/sec
6948
94.7 Mpixels/sec
HDR6896
94.0 Mpixels/sec
5732
4.60 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing4545
3.65 Mpixels/sec
3030
27.1 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion2787
25.0 Kpixels/sec
2162
69.1 Words/sec
Speech Recognition2691
86.0 Words/sec
2041
78.9 images/sec
Machine Learning1183
45.7 images/sec