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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 9 7900X outperforms the more expensive Core i9-9900 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 9 7900X is 1253 days newer than the more expensive Core i9-9900.
Advantages of Core i9-9900
- Consumes up to 62% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - 65 vs 170 Watts
Advantages of Ryzen 9 7900X
- Performs up to 33% better in Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition than Core i9-9900 - 288 vs 216 FPS
- Up to 43% cheaper than Core i9-9900 - $378.72 vs $667.41
- Up to 57% better value when playing Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition than Core i9-9900 - $1.32 vs $3.09 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i9-9900 - 24 vs 16 threads
Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Highest
Intel Core i9-9900 Coffee Lake Processor 3.1GHz 8.0GT/s 16MB LGA 1151 CPU, Retail
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Ryzen 9 7900X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
FPS
288
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.32/FPS
100%
Price, $
$378.72
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12-Core, 24-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor
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My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Highest
Core i9-9900
Desktop • Apr 23rd, 2019
Ryzen 9 7900X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i9-9900 | vs | Ryzen 9 7900X |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 23rd, 2019 | Release Date | Sep 27th, 2022 |
| Core i9 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Raphael |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket AM5 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 8 | Cores | 12 |
| 16 | Threads | 24 |
| 3.1 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 4.7 GHz |
| 5.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.6 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 170 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 5 nm |
| 31.0x | Multiplier | 47.0x |
| UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | Radeon Graphics |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
PCs Using Core i9-9900 or Ryzen 9 7900X
With selected game settings
232 FPS
$8.19/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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224 FPS
$11.38/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 4 TB HDD
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$17.36/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Ryzen 9 7900X
64 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$9.85/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$8.81/FPS
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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Ryzen 9 7900X
64 GB, 1 TB SSD
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64 GB, N/A Storage
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32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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GeForce RTX 3080
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10 GB, N/A Storage
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16 GB, 2 TB HDD
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