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Core i7-9700KF vs Ryzen 9 5900X

Core i7-9700KF vs Ryzen 9 5900X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Availability

MSRP $374

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Availability

MSRP $549

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 9 5900X outperforms Core i7-9700KF on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 5900X is 667 days newer than Core i7-9700KF.

Advantages of Core i7-9700KF

  • Consumes up to 10% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 5900X - 95 vs 105 Watts

Advantages of Ryzen 9 5900X

  • Performs up to 8% better in Overwatch 2 than Core i7-9700KF - 385 vs 358 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-9700KF - 24 vs 8 threads
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Overwatch 2

Overwatch 2

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Epic

Intel Core i7-9700KF Logo
Core i7-9700KF

Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019


FPS

358

93%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Ryzen 9 5900X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


FPS

385

100%

Value, £/FPS

£0.53/FPS

100%

Price, £

£203.99

100%

FPS and Value Winner

AMD Ryzen™ 9 5900X Desktop Processor

Buy for £203.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 163 minutes ago

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Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Epic

Intel Core i7-9700KF Logo
Core i7-9700KF

Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Ryzen 9 5900X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i7-9700KF Logo
Core i7-9700KF

Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019


Single-Core

1666

76%

Multi-Core

7107

60%

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Ryzen 9 5900X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


Single-Core

2179

100%

Multi-Core

11883

100%

Intel Core i7-9700KF Logo

Core i7-9700KF

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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo

Ryzen 9 5900X

Jan 8th, 2019Release Date
Nov 5th, 2020
Core i7CollectionRyzen 9
Coffee LakeCodenameVermeer
Intel Socket 1151SocketAMD Socket AM4
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
8Cores
12
8Threads
24
3.6 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.7 GHz
4.9 GHz
Turbo Clock Speed4.8 GHz
95 W
TDP105 W
14 nmProcess Size
7 nm
36.0xMultiplier
37.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
YesOverclockableYes

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