Ryzen 7 4800H vs i7-990X Extreme Edition

Primary details

Comparing Core i7-990X Extreme Edition and Ryzen 7 4800H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated673
Place by popularitynot in top-10090
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i7EEAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Power efficiencyno data24.42
Architecture codenameWestmere (2010−2011)Renoir-H (Zen 2) (2020)
Release date13 February 2011 (13 years ago)6 January 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core i7-990X Extreme Edition and Ryzen 7 4800H basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores6 (Hexa-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads1216
Base clock speedno data2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed3.46 GHz4.2 GHz
Bus typeQPIno data
Bus rate6.4 GT/sno data
Multiplier2629
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cache1.5 MB512 KB (per core)
L3 cache12 MB8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm7 nm
Die size239 mm2156 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistorsno data9,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-990X Extreme Edition and Ryzen 7 4800H compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
Socketno dataFP6
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-990X Extreme Edition and Ryzen 7 4800H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-990X Extreme Edition and Ryzen 7 4800H are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-990X Extreme Edition and Ryzen 7 4800H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory size24 GB64 GB
Maximum memory bandwidthno data68.27 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon RX Vega 7 ( - 1600 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-990X Extreme Edition and Ryzen 7 4800H.

PCIe versionno data3.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 February 2011 6 January 2020
Physical cores 6 8
Threads 12 16
Chip lithography 32 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 45 Watt

Ryzen 7 4800H has an age advantage of 8 years, 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads, a 357.1% more advanced lithography process, and 188.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core i7-990X Extreme Edition and Ryzen 7 4800H. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core i7-990X Extreme Edition is a desktop processor while Ryzen 7 4800H is a notebook one.


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