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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 7 7700X outperforms the more expensive Core i9-9980XE on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 7 7700X is 1439 days newer than the more expensive Core i9-9980XE.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
- Performs up to 58% better in War Thunder than Core i9-9980XE - 285 vs 180 FPS
- Up to 73% cheaper than Core i9-9980XE - $285.0 vs $1067.0
- Up to 83% better value when playing War Thunder than Core i9-9980XE - $1.0 vs $5.93 per FPS
- Consumes up to 36% less energy than Intel Core i9-9980XE - 105 vs 165 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i9-9980XE doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of Intel Core i9-9980XE
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 7 7700X - 36 vs 16 threads
War Thunder
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Movie
Ryzen 7 7700X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
FPS
285
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1/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 i9-9980XE
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
FPS
180
63.1578947368421%
Value, $/FPS
$5.93/FPS
16.863406408094438%
Price, $
$1067
26%
Intel Core i9-9980XE Extreme Edition Processor 18 Cores up to 4.4GHz Turbo Unlocked LGA2066 X299 Series 165W Processors (999AD1)
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Updated 358208 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Movie
Ryzen 7 7700X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
Core i9-9980XE
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i9-9980XE
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Single-Core
1420
48.830811554332875%
Multi-Core
11230
73.57662320644697%
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X | vs | Intel Core i9-9980XE |
|---|---|---|
Sep 27th, 2022 | Release Date | Oct 19th, 2018 |
| Ryzen 7 | Collection | Core i9 Extreme |
| Raphael | Codename | Skylake |
| AMD Socket AM5 | Socket | Intel Socket 2066 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 8 | Cores | 18 |
| 16 | Threads | 36 |
4.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
5.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
105 W | TDP | 165 W |
5 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
45.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
Radeon Graphics | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Ryzen 7 7700X or Core i9-9980XE
War Thunder, 1920 x 1080, Movie
276 FPS
$6.52/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Ryzen 7 7700X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,799
In Stock
266 FPS
$7.14/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 7 7700X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,899.99
In Stock
276 FPS
$7.61/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Ryzen 7 7700X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$2,099.98
In Stock
266 FPS
$6.58/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 7 7700X
12 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$1,749.99
In Stock
266 FPS
$6.01/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 7 7700X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,599
In Stock
266 FPS
$6.77/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 7 7700X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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$1,799.99
In Stock
276 FPS
$8.51/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Ryzen 7 7700X
12 GB, 1 TB HDD
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$2,349
In Stock
276 FPS
$8.33/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Ryzen 7 7700X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$2,299.99
In Stock
276 FPS
$7.21/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Ryzen 7 7700X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,989.99
In Stock
246 FPS
$5.69/FPS
Radeon RX 7600
Ryzen 7 7700X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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$1,399.9
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