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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $439
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MSRP in USD: $439
Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i9-11900 outperforms the cheaper Core i7-7700 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i9-11900 is 1533 days newer than the cheaper Core i7-7700.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-7700
- Up to 38% cheaper than Core i9-11900 - $167.0 vs $270.0
Advantages of Intel Core i9-11900
- Performs up to 100% better in Cities: Skylines II than Core i7-7700 - 54 vs 27 FPS
- Up to 19% better value when playing Cities: Skylines II than Core i7-7700 - $5.0 vs $6.19 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-7700 - 16 vs 8 threads
Cities: Skylines II
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Intel Core i7-7700 Desktop Processor 4 Cores up to 4.2 GHz LGA 1151 100/200 Series 65W
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Core i9-11900
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
54
100%
Value, $/FPS
$5/FPS
100%
Price, $
$270
61%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i9-11900 Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 5.2 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 65W
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Updated 349451 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i7-7700
Desktop • Jan 3rd, 2017
Core i9-11900
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i7-7700
Desktop • Jan 3rd, 2017
Single-Core
1389
65.21126760563381%
Multi-Core
4460
50.58983666061706%
Intel Core i7-7700 | vs | Intel Core i9-11900 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 3rd, 2017 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Kaby Lake | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 8 |
| 8 | Threads | 16 |
3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.5 GHz |
| 4.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.2 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
36.0x | Multiplier | 25.0x |
| HD 630 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 750 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i7-7700 or Core i9-11900
Cities: Skylines II, 1920 x 1080, High
3 FPS
$766.66/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile
Core i9-11900
32 GB, N/A Storage
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1 FPS
$3298/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-11900
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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3 FPS
$1566.66/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile
Core i9-11900
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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