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Core i7-965 vs Ryzen 9 5900X

Core i7-965 vs Ryzen 9 5900X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 9 5900X outperforms Core i7-965 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 5900X is 4371 days newer than Core i7-965.

Advantages of Ryzen 9 5900X

  • Performs up to 47% better in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege than Core i7-965 - 658 vs 448 FPS
  • Consumes up to 19% less energy than Intel Core i7-965 - 105 vs 130 Watts
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-965 - 24 vs 8 threads
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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i7-965 Logo
Core i7-965

Desktop • Nov 17th, 2008


FPS

448

68%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Ryzen 9 5900X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


FPS

658

100%

Value, £/FPS

£0.31/FPS

100%

Price, £

£204

100%

FPS and Value Winner

AMD Ryzen™ 9 5900X Desktop Processor

Buy for £204 on Amazon

In Stock

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Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i7-965 Logo
Core i7-965

Desktop • Nov 17th, 2008

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Ryzen 9 5900X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i7-965 Logo
Core i7-965

Desktop • Nov 17th, 2008


Single-Core

485

22%

Multi-Core

1683

14%

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Ryzen 9 5900X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


Single-Core

2179

100%

Multi-Core

11883

100%

Intel Core i7-965 Logo

Core i7-965

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo

Ryzen 9 5900X

Nov 17th, 2008Release Date
Nov 5th, 2020
Core i7 ExtremeCollectionRyzen 9
BloomfieldCodenameVermeer
Intel Socket 1366SocketAMD Socket AM4
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
4Cores
12
8Threads
24
3.2 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.7 GHz
3.5 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.8 GHz
130 WTDP
105 W
45 nmProcess Size
7 nm
24.0xMultiplier
37.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
YesOverclockableYes

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