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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $1799
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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i7-8700 outperforms the more expensive Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i7-8700 is 224 days older than the more expensive Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-8700
- Performs up to 6% better in Far Cry 6 than Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX - 125 vs 118 FPS
- Up to 49% cheaper than Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX - $869.99 vs $1700.0
- Up to 52% better value when playing Far Cry 6 than Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX - $6.96 vs $14.41 per FPS
- Consumes up to 74% less energy than AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX - 65 vs 250 Watts
Advantages of AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-8700 - 64 vs 12 threads
Far Cry 6
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i7-8700
Desktop • Jan 1st, 2018
FPS
125
100%
Value, $/FPS
$6.96/FPS
100%
Price, $
$869.99
100%
FPS and Value Winner
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Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
Desktop • Aug 13th, 2018
FPS
118
94.39999999999999%
Value, $/FPS
$14.41/FPS
48.299791811242194%
Price, $
$1700
51%
AMD YD299XAZAFWOF Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX Processor
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i7-8700
Desktop • Jan 1st, 2018
Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
Desktop • Aug 13th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
Desktop • Aug 13th, 2018
Single-Core
1180
77.99074686054198%
Multi-Core
7221
100%
Intel Core i7-8700 | vs | AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 1st, 2018 | Release Date | Aug 13th, 2018 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Ryzen Threadripper |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Colfax |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket SP3r2 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 32 |
| 12 | Threads | 64 |
3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
4.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 250 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 12 nm |
32.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i7-8700 or Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
Far Cry 6, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
18 FPS
$69.39/FPS
GeForce GTX 1050
Core i7-8700
8 GB, N/A Storage
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52 FPS
$48.06/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Core i7-8700
8 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$2,499
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15 FPS
$86.6/FPS
Radeon Pro WX 3100
Core i7-8700
32 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$1,299
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