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£325.13
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AvailabilityMSRP $549
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Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 9 7900X outperforms the cheaper Core i5-11500 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i5-11500 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Ryzen 9 7900X is 560 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-11500.
Advantages of Core i5-11500
- Up to 70% cheaper than Ryzen 9 7900X - £325.13 vs £1099.99
- Up to 65% better value when playing World of Warcraft than Ryzen 9 7900X - £1.61 vs £4.66 per FPS
- Consumes up to 62% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - 65 vs 170 Watts
Advantages of Ryzen 9 7900X
- Performs up to 17% better in World of Warcraft than Core i5-11500 - 236 vs 202 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-11500 - 24 vs 12 threads
World of Warcraft
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Maximum
Core i5-11500
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
202
86%
Value, £/FPS
£1.61/FPS
100%
Price, £
£325.13
100%
Value Winner
Intel Core i5-11500 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.6 GHz LGA1200 (Intel 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 65W
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Ryzen 9 7900X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
FPS
236
100%
Value, £/FPS
£4.66/FPS
35%
Price, £
£1099.99
29%
FPS Winner
NGTEK AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12-Core, 24-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor Bundle With ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E Hero (WiFi 6E)
Buy for £1,099.99 on Amazon
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Updated 251 minutes ago
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With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Maximum
Core i5-11500
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Ryzen 9 7900X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-11500 | vs | Ryzen 9 7900X |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 16th, 2021 | Release Date | Sep 27th, 2022 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Rocket Lake | Codename | Raphael |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | AMD Socket AM5 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 12 |
| 12 | Threads | 24 |
| 2.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 4.7 GHz |
| 4.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.6 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 170 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 5 nm |
| 27.0x | Multiplier | 47.0x |
| UHD Graphics 750 | Integrated Graphics | Radeon Graphics |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
PC Builds Using Core i5-11500 or Ryzen 9 7900X
With selected game settings
201 FPS
£6.21/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,249
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236 FPS
£15.89/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 2 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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£3,749.95
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236 FPS
£17.46/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 2 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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£4,119.95
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