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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i7-9700K outperforms the more expensive Core i9-7980XE on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i7-9700K is 413 days newer than the more expensive Core i9-7980XE.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-9700K
- Performs up to 4% better in Dead Island 2 than Core i9-7980XE - 164 vs 157 FPS
- Up to 75% cheaper than Core i9-7980XE - $279.13 vs $1099.0
- Up to 76% better value when playing Dead Island 2 than Core i9-7980XE - $1.7 vs $7.0 per FPS
- Consumes up to 42% less energy than Intel Core i9-7980XE - 95 vs 165 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i9-7980XE doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of Intel Core i9-7980XE
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-9700K - 36 vs 8 threads
Dead Island 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i7-9700K
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
FPS
164
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.7/FPS
100%
Price, $
$279.13
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Core i7-9700K Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 3.6 GHz Turbo unlocked LGA1151 300 Series 95W
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Core i9-7980XE
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2017
FPS
157
95.73170731707317%
Value, $/FPS
$7/FPS
24.285714285714285%
Price, $
$1099
25%
Intel BX80673I97980X Core i9-7980XE Processors
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i7-9700K
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Core i9-7980XE
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2017
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-9700K | vs | Intel Core i9-7980XE |
|---|---|---|
Oct 19th, 2018 | Release Date | Sep 1st, 2017 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i9 Extreme |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Skylake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 2066 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 8 | Cores | 18 |
| 8 | Threads | 36 |
3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.6 GHz |
4.9 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
95 W | TDP | 165 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
36.0x | Multiplier | 26.0x |
UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i7-9700K or Core i9-7980XE
Dead Island 2, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
65 FPS
$31.52/FPS
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
Core i7-9700K
16 GB, N/A Storage
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$2,049
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75 FPS
$51.99/FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
Core i7-9700K
8 GB, 256 GB SSD
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$3,899
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93 FPS
$29.03/FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
Core i7-9700K
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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16 FPS
$58.69/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i7-9700K
16 GB, 256 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$939
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16 FPS
$59.31/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i7-9700K
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$949
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16 FPS
$61.81/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i7-9700K
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$989
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65 FPS
$41.52/FPS
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
Core i7-9700K
16 GB, 240 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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