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In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 5 3500X outperforms the more expensive Core i7-870 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 5 3500X is 3668 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-870.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-870
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 3500X - 8 vs 6 threads
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
- Performs up to 13% better in Sons Of The Forest than Core i7-870 - 103 vs 91 FPS
- Up to 70% cheaper than Core i7-870 - £89.95 vs £299.99
- Up to 74% better value when playing Sons Of The Forest than Core i7-870 - £0.87 vs £3.3 per FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than Intel Core i7-870 - 65 vs 95 Watts
Sons Of The Forest
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel i7-870 Quad Core Processor - 2.93 GHz, 8MB Cache, 2.5 GT/sec, Socket 1156, 45 nm,3 Year Warranty, Retail Boxed
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Ryzen 5 3500X
Desktop • Sep 24th, 2019
FPS
103
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.87/FPS
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Price, £
£89.95
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FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i7-870
Desktop • Sep 8th, 2009
Ryzen 5 3500X
Desktop • Sep 24th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-870 | vs | AMD Ryzen 5 3500X |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 8th, 2009 | Release Date | Sep 24th, 2019 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Ryzen 5 |
| Lynnfield | Codename | Matisse |
| Intel Socket 1156 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 6 |
8 | Threads | 6 |
| 2.9 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
| 3.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 45 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 22.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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