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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i9-7900X outperforms the more expensive Core i7-5930K on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i9-7900X is 1029 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-5930K.
Advantages of Intel Core i9-7900X
- Performs up to 10% better in War Thunder than Core i7-5930K - 181 vs 165 FPS
- Up to 27% cheaper than Core i7-5930K - $400.0 vs $549.95
- Up to 34% better value when playing War Thunder than Core i7-5930K - $2.21 vs $3.33 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-5930K - 20 vs 12 threads
War Thunder
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Movie
Core i7-5930K
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2014
FPS
165
91.16022099447514%
Value, $/FPS
$3.33/FPS
66.36636636636636%
Price, $
$549.95
72%
Intel Core i7-5930K Processor 3.5GHz 0GT/s 15MB LGA 2011-v3 CPU Only, BX80648I75930K
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Core i9-7900X
Desktop • Jun 26th, 2017
FPS
181
100%
Value, $/FPS
$2.21/FPS
100%
Price, $
$400
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Core i9-7900X X-Series Processor 10 Cores up to 4.3 GHz Turbo Unlocked LGA2066 X299 Series 140W
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Updated 349101 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Movie
Core i7-5930K
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2014
Core i9-7900X
Desktop • Jun 26th, 2017
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i7-5930K
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2014
Single-Core
1156
81.29395218002813%
Multi-Core
5480
62.40747067532172%
Intel Core i7-5930K | vs | Intel Core i9-7900X |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1st, 2014 | Release Date | Jun 26th, 2017 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Haswell E | Codename | Skylake-E/EP |
| Intel Socket 2011-3 | Socket | Intel Socket 2066 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 10 |
| 12 | Threads | 20 |
3.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
| 3.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.3 GHz |
| 140 W | TDP | 140 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
35.0x | Multiplier | 33.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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