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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 7 1700 outperforms the cheaper Core i7-990X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 7 1700 is 2198 days newer than the cheaper Core i7-990X.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-990X
- Up to 9% cheaper than Ryzen 7 1700 - $178.02 vs $195.0
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 1700
- Performs up to 71% better in League of Legends than Core i7-990X - 123 vs 72 FPS
- Up to 36% better value when playing League of Legends than Core i7-990X - $1.59 vs $2.47 per FPS
- Consumes up to 50% less energy than Intel Core i7-990X - 65 vs 130 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-990X - 16 vs 12 threads
League of Legends
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i7-990X
Desktop • Feb 24th, 2011
FPS
72
58.536585365853654%
Value, $/FPS
$2.47/FPS
64.37246963562752%
Price, $
$178.02
100%
Intel Core i7-990X Extreme Edition Processor 3.46 GHz 6 Core LGA 1366 CPU - OEM
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Ryzen 7 1700
Desktop • Mar 2nd, 2017
FPS
123
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.59/FPS
100%
Price, $
$195
91%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD YD1700BBAEBOX Ryzen 7 1700 Processor with Wraith Spire LED Cooler
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Updated 2102 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i7-990X
Desktop • Feb 24th, 2011
Ryzen 7 1700
Desktop • Mar 2nd, 2017
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i7-990X
Desktop • Feb 24th, 2011
Single-Core
565
56.21890547263681%
Multi-Core
2626
51.490196078431374%
Intel Core i7-990X | vs | AMD Ryzen 7 1700 |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 24th, 2011 | Release Date | Mar 2nd, 2017 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Ryzen 7 |
| Gulftown | Codename | Summit Ridge |
| Intel Socket 1366 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 8 |
| 12 | Threads | 16 |
3.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
3.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
| 130 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 26.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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