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£401.35
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AvailabilityMSRP $699
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MSRP $699
Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 9 7950X3D outperforms the cheaper Core i7-11700 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i7-11700 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Ryzen 9 7950X3D is 659 days newer than the cheaper Core i7-11700.
Advantages of Core i7-11700
- Up to 66% cheaper than Ryzen 9 7950X3D - £401.35 vs £1179.89
- Up to 60% better value when playing Rust than Ryzen 9 7950X3D - £1.77 vs £4.42 per FPS
- Consumes up to 46% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D - 65 vs 120 Watts
Advantages of Ryzen 9 7950X3D
- Performs up to 18% better in Rust than Core i7-11700 - 267 vs 227 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-11700 - 32 vs 16 threads
Rust
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i7-11700
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
227
85%
Value, £/FPS
£1.77/FPS
100%
Price, £
£401.35
100%
Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i7-11700 Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 4.9 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & select 400 Series chipset) 65W
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Ryzen 9 7950X3D
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2023
FPS
267
100%
Value, £/FPS
£4.42/FPS
40%
Price, £
£1179.89
34%
FPS Winner
NGTEK AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Desktop Processor Bundle With ASUS ROG Strix X670E-E Gaming WiFi 6E
Buy for £1,179.89 on Amazon
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Updated 239 minutes ago
Trending Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i7-11700
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Ryzen 9 7950X3D
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2023
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i7-11700 | vs | Ryzen 9 7950X3D |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 16th, 2021 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2023 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Rocket Lake | Codename | Raphael |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | AMD Socket AM5 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 8 | Cores | 16 |
| 16 | Threads | 32 |
| 2.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
| 4.9 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.7 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 120 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 5 nm |
| 25.0x | Multiplier | 42.0x |
| UHD Graphics 750 | Integrated Graphics | Radeon Graphics |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
PC Builds Using Core i7-11700 or Ryzen 9 7950X3D
With selected game settings
81 FPS
£16.6/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-11700
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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221 FPS
£15.84/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 7950X3D
64 GB, N/A Storage
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