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Xeon E5-1660 v4 vs Ryzen 9 7900X

Xeon E5-1660 v4 vs Ryzen 9 7900X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 9 7900X outperforms Xeon E5-1660 v4 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 7900X is 2290 days newer than Xeon E5-1660 v4.

Advantages of Xeon E5-1660 v4

  • Consumes up to 18% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - 140 vs 170 Watts

Advantages of Ryzen 9 7900X

  • Performs up to 25% better in No Man's Sky than Xeon E5-1660 v4 - 212 vs 170 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 - 24 vs 16 threads
  • Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 doesn't have integrated graphics
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No Man's Sky

No Man's Sky

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 Logo
Xeon E5-1660 v4

Desktop • Jun 20th, 2016


FPS

170

80%

Value, CA$/FPS

Price, CA$

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Logo
Ryzen 9 7900X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022


FPS

212

100%

Value, CA$/FPS

CA$2.59/FPS

100%

Price, CA$

CA$549

100%

FPS and Value Winner

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12-Core, 24-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor, Cooler not Included

Buy for CA$549 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 72 minutes ago

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With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 Logo
Xeon E5-1660 v4

Desktop • Jun 20th, 2016

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Logo
Ryzen 9 7900X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 Logo
Xeon E5-1660 v4

Desktop • Jun 20th, 2016


Single-Core

1173

40%

Multi-Core

6726

38%

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Logo
Ryzen 9 7900X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022


Single-Core

2923

100%

Multi-Core

17849

100%

Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 Logo

Xeon E5-1660 v4

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Logo

Ryzen 9 7900X

Jun 20th, 2016Release Date
Sep 27th, 2022
Xeon E5CollectionRyzen 9
BroadwellCodenameRaphael
Intel Socket 2011-3SocketAMD Socket AM5
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
8Cores
12
16Threads
24
3.2 GHzBase Clock Speed
4.7 GHz
3.8 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
5.6 GHz
140 W
TDP170 W
14 nmProcess Size
5 nm
32.0xMultiplier
47.0x
NoneIntegrated Graphics
Radeon Graphics
NoOverclockable
Yes

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