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In short — Ryzen 9 7900 outperforms the more expensive Core i9-10980XE on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 7900 is 1183 days newer than the more expensive Core i9-10980XE.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7900
- Performs up to 6% better in Metro Exodus than Core i9-10980XE - 154 vs 145 FPS
- Up to 30% cheaper than Core i9-10980XE - CA$487.99 vs CA$700.0
- Consumes up to 61% less energy than Intel Core i9-10980XE - 65 vs 165 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i9-10980XE doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of Intel Core i9-10980XE
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 9 7900 - 36 vs 24 threads
Metro Exodus
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
AMD Ryzen™ 9 7900 12-Core, 24-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor
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Intel Core i9 i9-10980XE Octadeca-core (18 Core) 3 GHz Processor - 24.75 MB Cache - 4.60 GHz Overclocking Speed - 14 nm - 165 W - 36 Threads
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Ryzen 9 7900
Desktop • Jan 14th, 2023
Core i9-10980XE
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i9-10980XE
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2019
Single-Core
1570
55.594900849858355%
Multi-Core
11985
71.58215373588963%
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 | vs | Intel Core i9-10980XE |
|---|---|---|
Jan 14th, 2023 | Release Date | Oct 19th, 2019 |
| Ryzen 9 | Collection | Core i9 Extreme |
| Raphael | Codename | Cascade Lake |
| AMD Socket AM5 | Socket | Intel Socket 2066 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 12 | Cores | 18 |
| 24 | Threads | 36 |
3.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
5.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.6 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 165 W |
5 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
37.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
Radeon Graphics | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Ryzen 9 7900 or Core i9-10980XE
Metro Exodus, 1920 x 1080, Extreme
132 FPS
CA$52.24/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 7900
64 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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132 FPS
CA$65.87/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 7900
16 GB, 4 TB SSD + 10 TB HDD
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