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Core i7-8700K vs Ryzen 9 7950X

Core i7-8700K vs Ryzen 9 7950X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 9 7950X outperforms Core i7-8700K on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 7950X is 1818 days newer than Core i7-8700K.

Advantages of Core i7-8700K

  • Consumes up to 44% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 7950X - 95 vs 170 Watts

Advantages of Ryzen 9 7950X

  • Performs up to 51% better in War Thunder than Core i7-8700K - 287 vs 190 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-8700K - 32 vs 12 threads
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War Thunder

War Thunder

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Movie

Intel Core i7-8700K Logo
Core i7-8700K

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017


FPS

190

66%

Value, £/FPS

£0.98/FPS

100%

Price, £

£185.98

100%

Value Winner

Intel Core i7-8700K Retail - (1151/Hex Core/3.70GHz/12MB/Coffee Lake/95W/Graphics)

Buy for £185.98 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 12 minutes ago

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022


FPS

287

100%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

FPS Winner

Trending Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Movie

Intel Core i7-8700K Logo
Core i7-8700K

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i7-8700K Logo
Core i7-8700K

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017


Single-Core

1582

54%

Multi-Core

6443

33%

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022


Single-Core

2938

100%

Multi-Core

19293

100%

Intel Core i7-8700K Logo

Core i7-8700K

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo

Ryzen 9 7950X

Oct 5th, 2017Release Date
Core i7CollectionRyzen 9
Coffee LakeCodenameRaphael
Intel Socket 1151SocketAMD Socket AM5
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
6Cores
12Threads
3.7 GHzBase Clock Speed
4.7 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
TDP170 W
14 nmProcess Size
37.0xMultiplier
UHD Graphics 630Integrated GraphicsRadeon Graphics
YesOverclockableYes

PCs Using Core i7-8700K or Ryzen 9 7950X

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