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AvailabilityMSRP $549
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Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 9 7900X outperforms the cheaper Core i5-11600KF on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i5-11600KF is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Ryzen 9 7900X is 560 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-11600KF.
Advantages of Core i5-11600KF
- Up to 60% cheaper than Ryzen 9 7900X - $150.00 vs $379.00
- Up to 57% better value when playing Assassin's Creed Odyssey than Ryzen 9 7900X - $1.04 vs $2.43 per FPS
- Consumes up to 26% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - 125 vs 170 Watts
Advantages of Ryzen 9 7900X
- Performs up to 8% better in Assassin's Creed Odyssey than Core i5-11600KF - 156 vs 144 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-11600KF - 24 vs 12 threads
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-11600KF doesn't have integrated graphics
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra High
Core i5-11600KF
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
144
92%
Value, $/FPS
$1.04/FPS
100%
Price, $
$150
100%
Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-11600KF Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.9 GHz Unlocked LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 125W
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AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12-Core, 24-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor
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With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra High
Core i5-11600KF
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Ryzen 9 7900X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-11600KF | vs | Ryzen 9 7900X |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 16th, 2021 | Release Date | Sep 27th, 2022 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Rocket Lake | Codename | Raphael |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | AMD Socket AM5 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 12 |
| 12 | Threads | 24 |
| 3.9 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 4.7 GHz |
| 4.9 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.6 GHz |
125 W | TDP | 170 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 5 nm |
| 39.0x | Multiplier | 47.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | Radeon Graphics |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
PC Builds Using Core i5-11600KF or Ryzen 9 7900X
With selected game settings
136 FPS
$13.97/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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144 FPS
$17.19/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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65 FPS
$19.92/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-11600KF
16 GB, 500 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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65 FPS
$17.68/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-11600KF
16 GB, 1 TB HDD
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$1,149
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148 FPS
$13.81/FPS
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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86 FPS
$19.19/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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115 FPS
$28.68/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 9 7900X
10 GB, N/A Storage
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131 FPS
$19.47/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 4 TB HDD
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156 FPS
$28.84/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Ryzen 9 7900X
64 GB, 2 TB SSD
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144 FPS
$31.93/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 7900X
16 GB, 2 TB HDD
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136 FPS
$24.26/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$3,299
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131 FPS
$25.95/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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136 FPS
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GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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77 FPS
$32.84/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 9 7900X
64 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$2,529
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77 FPS
$34.27/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 9 7900X
64 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$2,639
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116 FPS
$25.85/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 9 7900X
64 GB, 1 TB SSD
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116 FPS
$16.2/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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77 FPS
$34.53/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 4 TB SSD
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$2,659
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77 FPS
$35.7/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 9 7900X
64 GB, 2 TB SSD + 4 TB HDD
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86 FPS
$46.84/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Ryzen 9 7900X
16 GB, 2 TB SSD + 6 TB HDD
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$4,028
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77 FPS
$33.23/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 9 7900X
64 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$2,559
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116 FPS
$25.34/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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123 FPS
$14.55/FPS
Radeon RX 7800 XT
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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77 FPS
$33.75/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 9 7900X
64 GB, 2 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$2,599
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141 FPS
$19.15/FPS
Radeon RX 7900 XT
Ryzen 9 7900X
64 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$2,699.99
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65 FPS
$25.69/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-11600KF
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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