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In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 7 7700X outperforms the more expensive Core i9-7960X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 7 7700X is 1852 days newer than the more expensive Core i9-7960X.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
- Performs up to 19% better in A Plague Tale: Requiem than Core i9-7960X - 156 vs 131 FPS
- Up to 20% cheaper than Core i9-7960X - $285.0 vs $357.22
- Up to 33% better value when playing A Plague Tale: Requiem than Core i9-7960X - $1.83 vs $2.73 per FPS
- Consumes up to 36% less energy than Intel Core i9-7960X - 105 vs 165 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i9-7960X doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of Intel Core i9-7960X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 7 7700X - 32 vs 16 threads
A Plague Tale: Requiem
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 7 7700X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
FPS
156
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.83/FPS
100%
Price, $
$285
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen™ 7 7700X 8-Core, 16-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor
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Core i9-7960X
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2017
FPS
131
83.97435897435898%
Value, $/FPS
$2.73/FPS
67.03296703296704%
Price, $
$357.22
79%
Intel Core i9-7960X X-Series Processor 16 Cores up to 4.2 GHz Turbo Unlocked LGA2066 X299 Series 165W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 7 7700X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
Core i9-7960X
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2017
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i9-7960X
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2017
Single-Core
1376
47.31774415405777%
Multi-Core
10496
68.7676079407718%
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X | vs | Intel Core i9-7960X |
|---|---|---|
Sep 27th, 2022 | Release Date | Sep 1st, 2017 |
| Ryzen 7 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Raphael | Codename | Skylake |
| AMD Socket AM5 | Socket | Intel Socket 2066 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 8 | Cores | 16 |
| 16 | Threads | 32 |
4.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.8 GHz |
5.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
105 W | TDP | 165 W |
5 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
45.0x | Multiplier | 28.0x |
Radeon Graphics | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Ryzen 7 7700X or Core i9-7960X
A Plague Tale: Requiem, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
109 FPS
$16.5/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Ryzen 7 7700X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,799
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91 FPS
$20.88/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 7 7700X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,899.99
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109 FPS
$19.27/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Ryzen 7 7700X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$2,099.98
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91 FPS
$19.23/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 7 7700X
12 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$1,749.99
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91 FPS
$17.57/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 7 7700X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,599
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91 FPS
$19.78/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 7 7700X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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$1,799.99
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109 FPS
$21.55/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Ryzen 7 7700X
12 GB, 1 TB HDD
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$2,349
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109 FPS
$21.1/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Ryzen 7 7700X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$2,299.99
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109 FPS
$18.26/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Ryzen 7 7700X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,989.99
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64 FPS
$21.87/FPS
Radeon RX 7600
Ryzen 7 7700X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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