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Core i9-9960X vs Ryzen 7 5800X

Core i9-9960X vs Ryzen 7 5800X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 7 5800X outperforms Core i9-9960X on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 7 5800X is 748 days newer than Core i9-9960X.

Advantages of Core i9-9960X

  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 7 5800X - 32 vs 16 threads

Advantages of Ryzen 7 5800X

  • Performs up to 11% better in Total War: WARHAMMER III than Core i9-9960X - 194 vs 174 FPS
  • Consumes up to 36% less energy than Intel Core i9-9960X - 105 vs 165 Watts
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Total War: WARHAMMER III

Total War: WARHAMMER III

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i9-9960X Logo
Core i9-9960X

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018


FPS

174

90%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Logo
Ryzen 7 5800X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


FPS

194

100%

Value, €/FPS

€0.88/FPS

100%

Price, €

€170

100%

FPS and Value Winner

AMD Processore Ryzen 7 5800X (8C/16T, 36MB di cache, fino a 4,7 GHz Max Boost)

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In Stock

Updated 223 minutes ago

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Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i9-9960X Logo
Core i9-9960X

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Logo
Ryzen 7 5800X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i9-9960X Logo
Core i9-9960X

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018


Single-Core

1378

63%

Multi-Core

9994

97%

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Logo
Ryzen 7 5800X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


Single-Core

2178

100%

Multi-Core

10263

100%

Intel Core i9-9960X Logo

Core i9-9960X

vs
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Logo

Ryzen 7 5800X

Oct 19th, 2018Release Date
Nov 5th, 2020
Core i9CollectionRyzen 7
SkylakeCodenameVermeer
Intel Socket 2066SocketAMD Socket AM4
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
16
Cores8
32
Threads16
3.1 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.8 GHz
4.4 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.7 GHz
165 WTDP
105 W
14 nmProcess Size
7 nm
31.0xMultiplier
38.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
YesOverclockableYes

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