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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 7 3800X 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 3800X is 261 days newer than the more expensive Core i9-9980XE.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
- Performs up to 4% better in Sea of Thieves than Core i9-9980XE - 245 vs 236 FPS
- Up to 73% cheaper than Core i9-9980XE - $295.0 vs $1097.0
- Up to 74% better value when playing Sea of Thieves than Core i9-9980XE - $1.2 vs $4.65 per FPS
- Consumes up to 36% less energy than Intel Core i9-9980XE - 105 vs 165 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i9-9980XE
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 7 3800X - 36 vs 16 threads
Sea of Thieves
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Mythical
Ryzen 7 3800X
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
FPS
245
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.2/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 Core i9-9980XE Extreme Edition Processor 18 Cores up to 4.4GHz Turbo Unlocked LGA2066 X299 Series 165W Processors (999AD1)
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Mythical
Ryzen 7 3800X
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Core i9-9980XE
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X | vs | Intel Core i9-9980XE |
|---|---|---|
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 |
3.9 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
4.5 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
105 W | TDP | 165 W |
7 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
39.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Ryzen 7 3800X or Core i9-9980XE
Sea of Thieves, 1920 x 1080, Mythical
116 FPS
$15.3/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 7 3800X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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121 FPS
$18.99/FPS
Radeon RX 5700 XT
Ryzen 7 3800X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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126 FPS
$13.33/FPS
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
Ryzen 7 3800X
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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