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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $549
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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 9 7900X outperforms the cheaper Core i7-6700 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 9 7900X is 2645 days newer than the cheaper Core i7-6700.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-6700
- Up to 61% cheaper than Ryzen 9 7900X - $150.0 vs $380.99
- Consumes up to 62% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - 65 vs 170 Watts
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
- Performs up to 250% better in Cities: Skylines II than Core i7-6700 - 84 vs 24 FPS
- Up to 27% better value when playing Cities: Skylines II than Core i7-6700 - $4.54 vs $6.25 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-6700 - 24 vs 8 threads
Cities: Skylines II
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i7-6700
Desktop • Jul 1st, 2015
FPS
24
28.57142857142857%
Value, $/FPS
$6.25/FPS
72.64%
Price, $
$150
100%
Intel Boxed Core I7-6700 FC-LGA14C 3.40 GHz 8 M Processor Cache 4 LGA 1151 BX80662I76700
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Ryzen 9 7900X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
FPS
84
100%
Value, $/FPS
$4.54/FPS
100%
Price, $
$380.99
39%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen™ 9 7900X 12-Core, 24-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i7-6700
Desktop • Jul 1st, 2015
Ryzen 9 7900X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i7-6700
Desktop • Jul 1st, 2015
Single-Core
1293
44.23537461512145%
Multi-Core
4140
23.194576726987506%
Intel Core i7-6700 | vs | AMD Ryzen 9 7900X |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 1st, 2015 | Release Date | Sep 27th, 2022 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Skylake | Codename | Raphael |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket AM5 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 12 |
| 8 | Threads | 24 |
| 3.4 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 4.7 GHz |
| 4.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.6 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 170 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 5 nm |
| 34.0x | Multiplier | 47.0x |
| HD Graphics 530 | Integrated Graphics | Radeon Graphics |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i7-6700 or Ryzen 9 7900X
Cities: Skylines II, 1920 x 1080, High
67 FPS
$45.6/FPS
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Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$45.28/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 9 7900X
16 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$38.79/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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1 FPS
$829.99/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
Core i7-6700
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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84 FPS
$42.86/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Ryzen 9 7900X
64 GB, 2 TB SSD
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30 FPS
$55/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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56 FPS
$44.64/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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56 FPS
$40/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Ryzen 9 7900X
12 GB, 1 TB HDD
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67 FPS
$40.3/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$2,699.99
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56 FPS
$42.86/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 4 TB HDD
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