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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i9-10900X outperforms the cheaper Core i7-5930K on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i9-10900X is 1874 days newer than the cheaper Core i7-5930K.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-5930K
- Up to 11% cheaper than Core i9-10900X - $549.95 vs $615.0
- Consumes up to 15% less energy than Intel Core i9-10900X - 140 vs 165 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i9-10900X
- Performs up to 38% better in League of Legends than Core i7-5930K - 193 vs 140 FPS
- Up to 19% better value when playing League of Legends than Core i7-5930K - $3.19 vs $3.93 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-5930K - 20 vs 12 threads
League of Legends
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Intel Core i7-5930K Processor 3.5GHz 0GT/s 15MB LGA 2011-v3 CPU Only, BX80648I75930K
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Core i9-10900X
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2019
FPS
193
100%
Value, $/FPS
$3.19/FPS
100%
Price, $
$615
89%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Core i9-10900X Desktop Processor 10 Cores up to 4.7GHz Unlocked LGA2066 X299 Series 165W (BX8069510900X)
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i7-5930K
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2014
Core i9-10900X
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-5930K | vs | Intel Core i9-10900X |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1st, 2014 | Release Date | Oct 19th, 2019 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i9 Extreme |
| Haswell E | Codename | Cascade Lake |
| Intel Socket 2011-3 | Socket | Intel Socket 2066 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 10 |
| 12 | Threads | 20 |
| 3.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
| 3.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.5 GHz |
140 W | TDP | 165 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 35.0x | Multiplier | 37.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i7-5930K or Core i9-10900X
League of Legends, 1920 x 1080, Very High
193 FPS
$30.05/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Core i9-10900X
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 5 TB HDD
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