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Core i7-960 vs Ryzen 7 3700X

Core i7-960 vs Ryzen 7 3700X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 7 3700X outperforms Core i7-960 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 7 3700X is 3547 days newer than Core i7-960.

Advantages of Ryzen 7 3700X

  • Performs up to 8% better in Valheim than Core i7-960 - 205 vs 190 FPS
  • Consumes up to 50% less energy than Intel Core i7-960 - 65 vs 130 Watts
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-960 - 16 vs 8 threads
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Valheim

Valheim

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Highest

Intel Core i7-960 Logo
Core i7-960

Desktop • Oct 20th, 2009


FPS

190

93%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Logo
Ryzen 7 3700X

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019


FPS

205

100%

Value, €/FPS

€0.77/FPS

100%

Price, €

€157.96

100%

FPS and Value Winner

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8C/16T 3.60-4.40GHz Tray - 100-00000071

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In Stock

Updated 266 minutes ago

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With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Highest

Intel Core i7-960 Logo
Core i7-960

Desktop • Oct 20th, 2009

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Logo
Ryzen 7 3700X

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i7-960 Logo
Core i7-960

Desktop • Oct 20th, 2009


Single-Core

491

30%

Multi-Core

1663

21%

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Logo
Ryzen 7 3700X

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019


Single-Core

1654

100%

Multi-Core

8102

100%

Intel Core i7-960 Logo

Core i7-960

vs
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Logo

Ryzen 7 3700X

Oct 20th, 2009Release Date
Core i7CollectionRyzen 7
BloomfieldCodenameMatisse
Intel Socket 1366SocketAMD Socket AM4
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
4Cores
8Threads
3.2 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.5 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
130 WTDP
45 nmProcess Size
24.0xMultiplier
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
NoOverclockable

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