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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $549
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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i7-11700 outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 9 5900X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i7-11700 is 131 days newer than the more expensive Ryzen 9 5900X.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-11700
- Performs up to 1% better in Minecraft than Ryzen 9 5900X - 790 vs 785 FPS
- Up to 4% cheaper than Ryzen 9 5900X - £248.99 vs £259.98
- Up to 3% better value when playing Minecraft than Ryzen 9 5900X - £0.32 vs £0.33 per FPS
- Consumes up to 38% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 5900X - 65 vs 105 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 9 5900X doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-11700 - 24 vs 16 threads
Minecraft
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i7-11700
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
790
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.32/FPS
100%
Price, £
£248.99
100%
FPS and 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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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Processor (12C/24T, 70MB Cache, up to 4.8 GHz Max Boost)
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i7-11700
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Ryzen 9 5900X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-11700 | vs | AMD Ryzen 9 5900X |
|---|---|---|
Mar 16th, 2021 | Release Date | Nov 5th, 2020 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Rocket Lake | Codename | Vermeer |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 8 | Cores | 12 |
| 16 | Threads | 24 |
| 2.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
4.9 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.8 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 25.0x | Multiplier | 37.0x |
UHD Graphics 750 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i7-11700 or Ryzen 9 5900X
Minecraft, 1920 x 1080, High
764 FPS
£2.15/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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555 FPS
£1.83/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-11700
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,015.2
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679 FPS
£2.35/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,593.6
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