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Core i7-5820K vs Ryzen 9 7900X

Core i7-5820K vs Ryzen 9 7900X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 9 7900X outperforms Core i7-5820K on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 7900X is 2948 days newer than Core i7-5820K.

Advantages of Core i7-5820K

  • Consumes up to 18% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - 140 vs 170 Watts

Advantages of Ryzen 9 7900X

  • Performs up to 24% better in Sea of Thieves than Core i7-5820K - 282 vs 228 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-5820K - 24 vs 12 threads
  • Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i7-5820K doesn't have integrated graphics
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Sea of Thieves

Sea of Thieves

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Mythical

Intel Core i7-5820K Logo
Core i7-5820K

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2014


FPS

228

81%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Logo
Ryzen 9 7900X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022


FPS

282

100%

Value, $/FPS

$1.35/FPS

100%

Price, $

$380.89

100%

FPS and Value Winner

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12-Core, 24-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor

Buy for $380.89 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 65 minutes ago

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Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Mythical

Intel Core i7-5820K Logo
Core i7-5820K

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2014

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Logo
Ryzen 9 7900X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i7-5820K Logo
Core i7-5820K

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2014


Single-Core

1160

40%

Multi-Core

5443

30%

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Logo
Ryzen 9 7900X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022


Single-Core

2923

100%

Multi-Core

17849

100%

Intel Core i7-5820K Logo

Core i7-5820K

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Logo

Ryzen 9 7900X

Sep 1st, 2014Release Date
Sep 27th, 2022
Core i7CollectionRyzen 9
Haswell ECodenameRaphael
Intel Socket 2011-3SocketAMD Socket AM5
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
6Cores
12
12Threads
24
3.3 GHzBase Clock Speed
4.7 GHz
3.6 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
5.6 GHz
140 W
TDP170 W
22 nmProcess Size
5 nm
33.0xMultiplier
47.0x
NoneIntegrated Graphics
Radeon Graphics
YesOverclockableYes

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