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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $422
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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i9-11900F outperforms the more expensive Core i9-7900X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i9-11900F is 1359 days newer than the more expensive Core i9-7900X.
Advantages of Intel Core i9-7900X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i9-11900F - 20 vs 16 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i9-11900F
- Performs up to 5% better in Apex Legends than Core i9-7900X - 292 vs 279 FPS
- Up to 49% cheaper than Core i9-7900X - £228.97 vs £450.0
- Up to 52% better value when playing Apex Legends than Core i9-7900X - £0.78 vs £1.61 per FPS
- Consumes up to 54% less energy than Intel Core i9-7900X - 65 vs 140 Watts
Apex Legends
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Intel BX80673I97900X Core Processor i9-7900X 3.3 GHz
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Core i9-11900F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
292
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.78/FPS
100%
Price, £
£228.97
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i9-11900F Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 5.2 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & select 400 Series chipset) 65W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i9-7900X
Desktop • Jun 26th, 2017
Core i9-11900F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i9-7900X | vs | Intel Core i9-11900F |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 26th, 2017 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Core i9 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Skylake-E/EP | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| Intel Socket 2066 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
10 | Cores | 8 |
20 | Threads | 16 |
3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.5 GHz |
| 4.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.2 GHz |
| 140 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
33.0x | Multiplier | 25.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i9-7900X or Core i9-11900F
Apex Legends, 1920 x 1080, High
221 FPS
£5.91/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Core i9-11900F
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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144 FPS
£6.35/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i9-11900F
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£914.99
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292 FPS
£9.74/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Core i9-11900F
32 GB, N/A Storage
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£2,843.95
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221 FPS
£6.47/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Core i9-11900F
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,429.95
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