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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 7 1700 outperforms the more expensive Core i7-960 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 7 1700 is 2690 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-960.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 1700
- Performs up to 19% better in War Thunder than Core i7-960 - 157 vs 132 FPS
- Up to 35% cheaper than Core i7-960 - $195.0 vs $299.0
- Up to 45% better value when playing War Thunder than Core i7-960 - $1.24 vs $2.27 per FPS
- Consumes up to 50% less energy than Intel Core i7-960 - 65 vs 130 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-960 - 16 vs 8 threads
War Thunder
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Movie
Core i7-960
Desktop • Oct 20th, 2009
FPS
132
84.07643312101911%
Value, $/FPS
$2.27/FPS
54.62555066079295%
Price, $
$299
65%
Intel Core i7-960 Processor 3.20 GHz 8 MB Cache Socket LGA1366
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Ryzen 7 1700
Desktop • Mar 2nd, 2017
FPS
157
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.24/FPS
100%
Price, $
$195
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD YD1700BBAEBOX Ryzen 7 1700 Processor with Wraith Spire LED Cooler
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Movie
Core i7-960
Desktop • Oct 20th, 2009
Ryzen 7 1700
Desktop • Mar 2nd, 2017
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i7-960
Desktop • Oct 20th, 2009
Single-Core
491
48.85572139303483%
Multi-Core
1663
32.607843137254896%
Intel Core i7-960 | vs | AMD Ryzen 7 1700 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 20th, 2009 | Release Date | Mar 2nd, 2017 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Ryzen 7 |
| Bloomfield | Codename | Summit Ridge |
| Intel Socket 1366 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 8 |
| 8 | Threads | 16 |
3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
| 3.5 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
| 130 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 45 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 24.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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