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IntelBX80673I97900X
AMDYD195XA8AEWOF
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10 Cores, 20 Threads @3.8GHz, Skylake-X.
Release date: Q2 2017.

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▲ 631,836 ▼

16 Cores, 32 Threads @3.4GHz, Zen.
Release date: Q3 2017.

Effective Speed 
+7%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 43,073 user samples
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19,432 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 92% Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 72% Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 0.7 GHz (avg)
Poor: 72% Great: 92%
SPEED RANK: 228th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 82%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 89%
Aircraft carrier
23,641 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 85% Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 68% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 1.4 GHz (avg)
Poor: 68% Great: 85%
SPEED RANK: 304th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 95%
Nuclear submarine
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		81.9 % Slightly faster effective speed.
+7% 		76.7 %
Average Score 
+6%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency 		76.1 Pts Slightly lower memory latency.
+10% 		69.3 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed 		123 Pts Slightly faster single-core speed.
+7% 		115 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed 		243 Pts Slightly faster dual-core speed.
+7% 		228 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed 		470 Pts +4% 450 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed 		898 Pts +3% 876 Pts
Overclocked Score 
+9%
Memory
OC Memory Latency 		87.6 Pts Slightly lower OC memory latency.
+5% 		83.4 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed 		138 Pts Faster OC single-core speed.
+10% 		125 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed 		276 Pts Faster OC dual-core speed.
+12% 		247 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed 		548 Pts Faster OC quad-core speed.
+11% 		493 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed 		1,069 Pts Slightly faster OC octa-core speed.
+9% 		981 Pts
Value & Sentiment 
+99%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.05 % Hugely higher market share.
+400% 		0.01 %
Value
Value For Money 		78.4 % Slightly better value.
+8% 		72.9 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		55 % 63 % More popular.
+15%
Price
Price (score) 		$325 +3% $334
Nice To Haves 
+17%
Age
Newest 		88 Months 87 Months +1%
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 		140 Watts More energy efficient.
+22% 		180 Watts
Cores
CPU Processing Cores 		10 cores 16 cores Much higher core count.
+60%
Threads
CPU Processing Threads 		20 threads 32 threads Much higher thread count.
+60%
Lithography
Manufacturing process 		14 nm 14 nm
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed 		3.8 GHz Faster base frequency.
+12% 		3.4 GHz
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed 		4.3 GHz Slightly faster turbo frequency.
+8% 		4 GHz
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed 		1,853 Pts 2,521 Pts Much faster OC 64-core speed.
+36%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed 		1,589 Pts 2,190 Pts Much faster 64-core speed.
+38%
Specifications 
Series
CPU Architecture 		Skylake-X Zen
Socket
Motherboard Socket 		LGA2066 TR4
Graphics
Integrated Graphics 		None None
Conclusion 
Average Bench 81.9%
Average Bench 76.7%

Intel’s core i9-7900X, from the Skylake-X series, is Intel’s latest 10-core, 20-thread flagship processor. It's the first to bear the i9 moniker and utilize the new X299 (Basin Falls) chipset/motherboard. The 7900X is the fastest CPU on the market today, however, imminent competition from AMD’s 16-core, 32-thread Ryzen Threadripper CPUs and the forthcoming release of more Intel Core X series mean that its reign will be a short one. The i9-7900X supersedes the 10-core Broadwell-E core i7-6950X that held the crown for little over a year. Both are extremely powerful and pricey high end desktop processors (HEDTs) which excel in multi-threaded tasks such as media encoding. However, despite the same power draw (TDP 140W), the newer i9-7900X betters the i7-6950X in terms of peak overclocked performance by 10% mostly thanks to increased clock speeds from 3.0GHz/4.0GHz to 3.3GHz/4.3GHz for base/turbo. It also betters the i7-6950X on price by around 28%. This all translates to the i9-7900X offering around 20% more value for money, even despite its eye-watering $999 price tag. The more accessible pricing (albeit not accessible for the majority) and hurried release of the i9-7900k to market is widely perceived as a reaction to AMD’s Ryzen Threadripper CPUs, rumoured for release towards the end of July 2017. So if you want to own the fastest consumer CPU in the world, it would be wise to wait for the dust to settle. [Jul '17 CPUPro]

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AMD’s 16 core, 32 thread Ryzen Threadripper 1950X is finally here to seize the throne for high end desktop processors. The 1950X is the flagship of the Zen based Threadripper series which also includes the 12 core 1920X and the 8 core 1900X. The 1950X has a stock clock of 3.4 GHz increasing to a maximum single core boost of 4.0 GHz and features quad channel DDR4 and 64 PCI Express lanes. This processor is effectively two Ryzen 7 1800Xs glued together with Infinity Fabric (AMD’s scalable interconnecting technology), making the 1950X one of the physically largest CPUs on the consumer market. If you are considering this CPU, you will need a new X399 motherboard with a TR4 socket. Early benchmarks show the 1950X competing with Intel’s similarly priced i9-7900X. Whilst the 7900X has slightly higher single and quad core scores (10%-15%), the 1950X is around 35% faster for multi-core workloads. Content creators, and other core intensive task masters will not be disappointed. [Aug '17 CPUPro]

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