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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 9 7900X3D 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 7900X3D is 2409 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-6950X.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
- Performs up to 22% better in Lost Ark than Core i7-6950X - 308 vs 253 FPS
- Up to 20% cheaper than Core i7-6950X - $399.0 vs $499.0
- Up to 34% better value when playing Lost Ark than Core i7-6950X - $1.3 vs $1.97 per FPS
- Consumes up to 14% less energy than Intel Core i7-6950X - 120 vs 140 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-6950X - 24 vs 20 threads
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i7-6950X doesn't have integrated graphics
Lost Ark
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Intel BX80671I76950X Boxed Core i7-6950X Processor Extreme Edition (25M Cache, up to 3.50 GHz) 3.0 10
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Ryzen 9 7900X3D
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2023
FPS
308
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.3/FPS
100%
Price, $
$399
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen™ 9 7900X3D 12-Core, 24-Thread Desktop Processor
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i7-6950X
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
Ryzen 9 7900X3D
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2023
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-6950X | vs | AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D |
|---|---|---|
| May 31st, 2016 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2023 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Broadwell-E | Codename | Raphael |
| Intel Socket 2011-3 | Socket | AMD Socket AM5 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 10 | Cores | 12 |
| 20 | Threads | 24 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
| 3.5 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.6 GHz |
| 140 W | TDP | 120 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 5 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 44.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | Radeon Graphics |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i7-6950X or Ryzen 9 7900X3D
Lost Ark, 1920 x 1080, Very High
252 FPS
$10.12/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Ryzen 9 7900X3D
32 GB, N/A Storage
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$2,549.99
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274 FPS
$11.68/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 7900X3D
64 GB, N/A Storage
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$3,199.99
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308 FPS
$12.08/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Ryzen 9 7900X3D
32 GB, N/A Storage
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$3,719.99
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274 FPS
$11.31/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 7900X3D
32 GB, N/A Storage
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$3,099.99
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274 FPS
$11.42/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 7900X3D
32 GB, N/A Storage
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$3,129.99
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274 FPS
$9.85/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 7900X3D
32 GB, N/A Storage
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$2,699
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267 FPS
$11.42/FPS
Radeon RX 7900 XT
Ryzen 9 7900X3D
32 GB, 6 TB HDD
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$3,049.99
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283 FPS
$10.6/FPS
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Ryzen 9 7900X3D
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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