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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 9 5900X outperforms the more expensive Core i7-6950X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 9 5900X is 1619 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-6950X.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
- Performs up to 7% better in Deathloop than Core i7-6950X - 189 vs 176 FPS
- Up to 41% cheaper than Core i7-6950X - $349.99 vs $588.88
- Up to 59% better value when playing Deathloop than Core i7-6950X - $1.38 vs $3.35 per FPS
- Consumes up to 25% less energy than Intel Core i7-6950X - 105 vs 140 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-6950X - 24 vs 20 threads
Deathloop
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 9 5900X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
FPS
189
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.38/FPS
100%
Price, $
$349.99
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X cooler without 3.7GHz 12 cores / 24 thread 70MB 105W 100-1000061WOF 3 year warranty [Parallel Import]
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Core i7-6950X
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
FPS
176
93.12169312169311%
Value, $/FPS
$3.35/FPS
41.19402985074627%
Price, $
$588.88
59%
Intel BX80671I76950X Boxed Core i7-6950X Processor Extreme Edition (25M Cache, up to 3.50 GHz) 3.0 10
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 9 5900X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Core i7-6950X
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i7-6950X
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
Single-Core
1295
59.430931620009176%
Multi-Core
8447
71.08474291003955%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | vs | Intel Core i7-6950X |
|---|---|---|
Nov 5th, 2020 | Release Date | May 31st, 2016 |
| Ryzen 9 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Vermeer | Codename | Broadwell-E |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 2011-3 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
12 | Cores | 10 |
24 | Threads | 20 |
3.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
4.8 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.5 GHz |
105 W | TDP | 140 W |
7 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
37.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Ryzen 9 5900X or Core i7-6950X
Deathloop, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
155 FPS
$12.18/FPS
Radeon RX 7900 XT
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$1,887.85
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75 FPS
$22.27/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 500 GB SSD + 4 TB HDD
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$1,669.99
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127 FPS
$21.54/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$2,736
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128 FPS
$23.46/FPS
GeForce RTX 3090
Ryzen 9 5900X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$3,003.1
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128 FPS
$20.31/FPS
GeForce RTX 3090
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$2,599.99
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99 FPS
$22.73/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$2,249.99
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99 FPS
$16.16/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 9 5900X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,599.99
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118 FPS
$20.34/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$2,399.99
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118 FPS
$13.56/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 3 TB HDD
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$1,599.99
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75 FPS
$18.4/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 9 5900X
16 GB, 500 GB SSD + 3 TB HDD
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$1,379.99
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