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Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 9 7900 outperforms the cheaper Pentium G6950 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Pentium G6950 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Ryzen 9 7900 is 4755 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G6950.
Advantages of Intel Pentium G6950
- Up to 91% cheaper than Ryzen 9 7900 - $37.5 vs $398.74
- Up to 87% better value when playing Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 than Ryzen 9 7900 - $0.23 vs $1.83 per FPS
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7900
- Performs up to 32% better in Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 than Pentium G6950 - 218 vs 165 FPS
- Consumes up to 11% less energy than Intel Pentium G6950 - 65 vs 73 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G6950 - 24 vs 2 threads
Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Pentium G6950
Desktop • Jan 7th, 2010
FPS
165
75%
Value, $/FPS
$0.23/FPS
100%
Price, $
$37.5
100%
Value Winner
Intel Pentium G6950 Processor 2.8GHz 3 MB Cache Socket LGA1156
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AMD Ryzen 9 7900 12-Core, 24-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Pentium G6950
Desktop • Jan 7th, 2010
Ryzen 9 7900
Desktop • Jan 14th, 2023
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Pentium G6950 | vs | AMD Ryzen 9 7900 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 7th, 2010 | Release Date | Jan 14th, 2023 |
| Pentium | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Clarkdale | Codename | Raphael |
| Intel Socket 1156 | Socket | AMD Socket AM5 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 12 |
| 2 | Threads | 24 |
| 2.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.4 GHz |
| 73 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 5 nm |
| 21.0x | Multiplier | 37.0x |
| Intel HD | Integrated Graphics | Radeon Graphics |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Pentium G6950 or Ryzen 9 7900
Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0, 1920 x 1080, Extreme
147 FPS
$13.17/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 9 7900
32 GB, N/A Storage
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$1,936.27
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193 FPS
$16.83/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 7900
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$3,249
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95 FPS
$19.04/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 9 7900
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$1,809
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95 FPS
$25.67/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 9 7900
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 4 TB HDD
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$2,439
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95 FPS
$24.83/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 9 7900
64 GB, 4 TB SSD
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$2,359
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