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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 7 3800X outperforms the more expensive Core i9-9960X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 7 3800X is 261 days newer than the more expensive Core i9-9960X.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
- Performs up to 9% better in Far Cry 3 than Core i9-9960X - 153 vs 141 FPS
- Up to 81% cheaper than Core i9-9960X - $295.0 vs $1579.0
- Up to 83% better value when playing Far Cry 3 than Core i9-9960X - $1.93 vs $11.2 per FPS
- Consumes up to 36% less energy than Intel Core i9-9960X - 105 vs 165 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i9-9960X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 7 3800X - 32 vs 16 threads
Far Cry 3
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 7 3800X
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
FPS
153
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.93/FPS
100%
Price, $
$295
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8-Core, 16-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor with Wraith Prism LED Cooler
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Intel BX80673I99960X Core i9-9960X X-Series Processor 16 Cores up to 4.4GHz Turbo Unlocked LGA2066 X299 Series 165W Processors (999AC7)
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 7 3800X
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Core i9-9960X
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X | vs | Intel Core i9-9960X |
|---|---|---|
Jul 7th, 2019 | Release Date | Oct 19th, 2018 |
| Ryzen 7 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Matisse | Codename | Skylake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 2066 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 8 | Cores | 16 |
| 16 | Threads | 32 |
3.9 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.1 GHz |
4.5 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
105 W | TDP | 165 W |
7 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
39.0x | Multiplier | 31.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Ryzen 7 3800X or Core i9-9960X
Far Cry 3, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
102 FPS
$17.4/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 7 3800X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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105 FPS
$21.89/FPS
Radeon RX 5700 XT
Ryzen 7 3800X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$2,298
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108 FPS
$15.55/FPS
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
Ryzen 7 3800X
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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