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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 9 7900X outperforms the more expensive Core i9-9900 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 9 7900X is 1253 days newer than the more expensive Core i9-9900.
Advantages of Intel Core i9-9900
- Consumes up to 62% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - 65 vs 170 Watts
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
- Performs up to 18% better in Resident Evil 4 than Core i9-9900 - 214 vs 182 FPS
- Up to 36% cheaper than Core i9-9900 - £359.99 vs £558.88
- Up to 45% better value when playing Resident Evil 4 than Core i9-9900 - £1.68 vs £3.07 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i9-9900 - 24 vs 16 threads
Resident Evil 4
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Max
Intel Core i9-9900 3.1GHz LGA1151 Box
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Ryzen 9 7900X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
FPS
214
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.68/FPS
100%
Price, £
£359.99
100%
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
Max
Core i9-9900
Desktop • Apr 23rd, 2019
Ryzen 9 7900X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i9-9900 | vs | AMD Ryzen 9 7900X |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 23rd, 2019 | Release Date | Sep 27th, 2022 |
| Core i9 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Raphael |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket AM5 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 8 | Cores | 12 |
| 16 | Threads | 24 |
| 3.1 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 4.7 GHz |
| 5.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.6 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 170 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 5 nm |
| 31.0x | Multiplier | 47.0x |
| UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | Radeon Graphics |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i9-9900 or Ryzen 9 7900X
Resident Evil 4, 1920 x 1080, Max
186 FPS
£11.74/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£2,182.8
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96 FPS
£13.6/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,305.6
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121 FPS
£11.6/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,404
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143 FPS
£11.45/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,636.8
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122 FPS
£11.1/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,354.8
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165 FPS
£10.28/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,695.6
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186 FPS
£22.15/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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186 FPS
£20.16/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 2 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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