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£95.03
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MSRP $399
Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 7 7700X outperforms the cheaper Core i5-9500 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i5-9500 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Ryzen 7 7700X is 1439 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-9500.
Advantages of Core i5-9500
- Up to 80% cheaper than Ryzen 7 7700X - £95.03 vs £485.96
- Up to 79% better value when playing Red Dead Redemption 2 than Ryzen 7 7700X - £0.60 vs £2.91 per FPS
- Consumes up to 38% less energy than AMD Ryzen 7 7700X - 65 vs 105 Watts
Advantages of Ryzen 7 7700X
- Performs up to 5% better in Red Dead Redemption 2 than Core i5-9500 - 167 vs 159 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-9500 - 16 vs 6 threads
Red Dead Redemption 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Highest
Core i5-9500
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
FPS
159
95%
Value, £/FPS
£0.6/FPS
100%
Price, £
£95.03
100%
Value Winner
Intel Core i5-9500 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.GHz LGA1151 300 Series 65W (BX80684I59500)
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Updated 6837 minutes ago
Ryzen 7 7700X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
FPS
167
100%
Value, £/FPS
£2.91/FPS
21%
Price, £
£485.96
19%
FPS Winner
AMD Ryzen™ 7 7700X Desktop Processor (8-core/16-thread, 40MB cache, up to 5.4 GHz max boost)
Buy for £485.96 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 6836 minutes ago
My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Highest
Core i5-9500
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Ryzen 7 7700X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-9500 | vs | Ryzen 7 7700X |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 19th, 2018 | Release Date | Sep 27th, 2022 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen 7 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Raphael |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket AM5 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 8 |
| 6 | Threads | 16 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 4.5 GHz |
| 4.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.4 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 5 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 45.0x |
| UHD 630 | Integrated Graphics | Radeon Graphics |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
PCs Using Core i5-9500 or Ryzen 7 7700X
With selected game settings
90 FPS
£16.67/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 7 7700X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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90 FPS
£17.99/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 7 7700X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,619
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90 FPS
£21.67/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 7 7700X
16 GB, N/A Storage
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