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Core i9-7980XE vs Ryzen 5 5600X

Core i9-7980XE vs Ryzen 5 5600X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 5 5600X outperforms Core i9-7980XE on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 5 5600X is 1161 days newer than Core i9-7980XE.

Advantages of Core i9-7980XE

  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 5600X - 36 vs 12 threads

Advantages of Ryzen 5 5600X

  • Performs up to 10% better in Minecraft than Core i9-7980XE - 784 vs 712 FPS
  • Consumes up to 61% less energy than Intel Core i9-7980XE - 65 vs 165 Watts
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Minecraft

Minecraft

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

Core i9-7980XE

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2017


FPS

712

91%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

Ryzen 5 5600X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


FPS

784

100%

Value, €/FPS

€0.17/FPS

100%

Price, €

€136.11

100%

FPS and Value Winner

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With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

Core i9-7980XE

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2017

Ryzen 5 5600X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Core i9-7980XE

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2017


Single-Core

1495

71%

Multi-Core

11616

100%

Ryzen 5 5600X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


Single-Core

2092

100%

Multi-Core

8659

75%

Core i9-7980XE

vs

Ryzen 5 5600X

Sep 1st, 2017Release Date
Nov 5th, 2020
Core i9 ExtremeCollectionRyzen 5
SkylakeCodenameVermeer
Intel Socket 2066SocketAMD Socket AM4
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
18
Cores6
36
Threads12
2.6 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.7 GHz
4.2 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.6 GHz
165 WTDP
65 W
14 nmProcess Size
7 nm
26.0xMultiplier
37.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
YesOverclockableYes

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