Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 7 3700X outperforms the more expensive Core i9-9980XE on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 7 3700X is 261 days newer than the more expensive Core i9-9980XE.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
- Performs up to 5% better in Rust than Core i9-9980XE - 206 vs 196 FPS
- Up to 83% cheaper than Core i9-9980XE - $205.0 vs $1199.99
- Up to 84% better value when playing Rust than Core i9-9980XE - $1.0 vs $6.12 per FPS
- Consumes up to 61% less energy than Intel Core i9-9980XE - 65 vs 165 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i9-9980XE
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 7 3700X - 36 vs 16 threads
Rust
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
FPS
206
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1/FPS
100%
Price, $
$205
100%
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | vs | Intel Core i9-9980XE |
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Jul 7th, 2019 | Release Date | Oct 19th, 2018 |
Ryzen 7 | Collection | Core i9 Extreme |
Matisse | Codename | Skylake |
AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 2066 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 18 |
16 | Threads | 36 |
3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
4.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 165 W |
7 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
36.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
None | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | Yes |