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HWZ's Overall Rating: 8.0
THE GOOD
Excellent performance in professional and workstation applications
Edges the competition in terms of gaming performance
Turbo Boost Max 3.0 makes up for low base clock speeds
THE BAD
Not much overclocking headroom
Chip runs quite hot
Expensive compared to what the competition can deliver
Product Specification
Processor Name | Intel Core i9-7900X |
Processor Model | Core i9-7900X |
Rated Processor Frequency | 3.3GHz |
Max Processor Frequency | 4.5GHZ |
No. of Cores | 10 |
Base Clock | 3.3GHz |
Bus Type | DMI 3.0 |
Bus Speed | 8 GT/s DMI3 |
L1 Cache (data + instruction) | 64MB |
L2 Cache | 10MB |
L3 Cache | 13.75MB |
Memory Controller | Quad-Channel DDR4-2666 |
PCIe Controller | 44 lanes of PCIe 3.0 |
TDP (W) | 140 |
Instruction Set Support | SSE4.1/4.2, AVX 2.0, AVX-512 |
64-bit Processing Technology | Yes |
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST) / AMD Cool 'n' Quiet | Yes |
Virtualization Technology | Yes (VT-x) |
Packaging | LGA 2066 |
Process Technology | 14nm |
Processor Codename | Skylake-X |