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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 7 5800X outperforms the more expensive Core i9-9900X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 7 5800X is 748 days newer than the more expensive Core i9-9900X.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
- Performs up to 18% better in Starfield than Core i9-9900X - 71 vs 60 FPS
- Up to 62% cheaper than Core i9-9900X - $211.09 vs $550.0
- Up to 68% better value when playing Starfield than Core i9-9900X - $2.97 vs $9.17 per FPS
- Consumes up to 36% less energy than Intel Core i9-9900X - 105 vs 165 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i9-9900X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 7 5800X - 20 vs 16 threads
Starfield
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 7 5800X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
FPS
71
100%
Value, $/FPS
$2.97/FPS
100%
Price, $
$211.09
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-core, 16-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor
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Core i9-9900X
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
FPS
60
84.50704225352112%
Value, $/FPS
$9.17/FPS
32.388222464558346%
Price, $
$550
38%
Intel Core i9-9900X X-Series Processor 10 Cores up to 4.4GHz Turbo Unlocked LGA2066 X299 Series 165W Processors (999AC5)
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 7 5800X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Core i9-9900X
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i9-9900X
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Single-Core
1488
68.31955922865014%
Multi-Core
9516
92.72142648348436%
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X | vs | Intel Core i9-9900X |
|---|---|---|
Nov 5th, 2020 | Release Date | Oct 19th, 2018 |
| Ryzen 7 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Vermeer | Codename | Skylake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 2066 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 8 | Cores | 10 |
| 16 | Threads | 20 |
3.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.5 GHz |
4.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
105 W | TDP | 165 W |
7 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
38.0x | Multiplier | 35.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Ryzen 7 5800X or Core i9-9900X
Starfield, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
45 FPS
$52.37/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, N/A Storage
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41 FPS
$48.78/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, N/A Storage
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41 FPS
$48.78/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, N/A Storage
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14 FPS
$71.21/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$997
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32 FPS
$43.72/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,399
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51 FPS
$29.76/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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41 FPS
$43.9/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 7 5800X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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20 FPS
$99.34/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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51 FPS
$39.22/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,999.99
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28 FPS
$58.78/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Ryzen 7 5800X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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