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Core i7-8700 vs Ryzen 9 5900X

Core i7-8700 vs Ryzen 9 5900X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 9 5900X outperforms Core i7-8700 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 5900X is 1039 days newer than Core i7-8700.

Advantages of Core i7-8700

  • Consumes up to 38% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 5900X - 65 vs 105 Watts

Advantages of Ryzen 9 5900X

  • Performs up to 2% better in Dishonored 2 than Core i7-8700 - 272 vs 267 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-8700 - 24 vs 12 threads
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Dishonored 2

Dishonored 2

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Intel Core i7-8700 Logo
Core i7-8700

Desktop • Jan 1st, 2018


FPS

267

98%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Ryzen 9 5900X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


FPS

272

100%

Value, €/FPS

€0.89/FPS

100%

Price, €

€242.21

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Processore AMD Ryzen 9 5900X (12C/24T, 70 MB di cache, fino a 4,8 GHz Max Boost)

Buy for 242.21 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 264 minutes ago

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Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Intel Core i7-8700 Logo
Core i7-8700

Desktop • Jan 1st, 2018

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Ryzen 9 5900X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i7-8700 Logo
Core i7-8700

Desktop • Jan 1st, 2018


Single-Core

1513

69%

Multi-Core

5905

50%

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Ryzen 9 5900X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


Single-Core

2179

100%

Multi-Core

11883

100%

Intel Core i7-8700 Logo

Core i7-8700

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo

Ryzen 9 5900X

Jan 1st, 2018Release Date
Nov 5th, 2020
Core i7CollectionRyzen 9
Coffee LakeCodenameVermeer
Intel Socket 1151SocketAMD Socket AM4
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
6Cores
12
12Threads
24
3.2 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.7 GHz
4.6 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.8 GHz
65 W
TDP105 W
14 nmProcess Size
7 nm
32.0xMultiplier
37.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
NoOverclockable
Yes

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