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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $549
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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 9 7900X outperforms the cheaper Core i7-870 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 9 7900X is 4767 days newer than the cheaper Core i7-870.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-870
- Up to 17% cheaper than Ryzen 9 7900X - £299.99 vs £359.99
- Consumes up to 44% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - 95 vs 170 Watts
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
- Performs up to 94% better in Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales than Core i7-870 - 173 vs 89 FPS
- Up to 38% better value when playing Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales than Core i7-870 - £2.08 vs £3.37 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-870 - 24 vs 8 threads
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i7-870 doesn't have integrated graphics
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
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 9 7900X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
FPS
173
100%
Value, £/FPS
£2.08/FPS
100%
Price, £
£359.99
83%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Retail, Noir, (AM5/12 Core/4.7GHz/76MB/170W/Radeon) - 100-000000589
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i7-870
Desktop • Sep 8th, 2009
Ryzen 9 7900X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-870 | vs | AMD Ryzen 9 7900X |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 8th, 2009 | Release Date | Sep 27th, 2022 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Lynnfield | Codename | Raphael |
| Intel Socket 1156 | Socket | AMD Socket AM5 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 12 |
| 8 | Threads | 24 |
| 2.9 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 4.7 GHz |
| 3.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.6 GHz |
95 W | TDP | 170 W |
| 45 nm | Process Size | 5 nm |
| 22.0x | Multiplier | 47.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | Radeon Graphics |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i7-870 or Ryzen 9 7900X
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, 1920 x 1080, Very High
151 FPS
£14.46/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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76 FPS
£17.18/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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97 FPS
£14.47/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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115 FPS
£14.23/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,636.8
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98 FPS
£13.82/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,354.8
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133 FPS
£12.75/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,695.6
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151 FPS
£27.28/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 2 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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£4,119.95
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151 FPS
£24.83/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 2 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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