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IntelBX80673I97900X

8 Cores, 16 Threads @3.4GHz, Zen.
Release date: Q1 2017.

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

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 85,902 user samples
66,470 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 80% Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 58% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 0.55 GHz (avg)
Poor: 58% Great: 80%
SPEED RANK: 380th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
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: 209th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 82%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 89%
Aircraft carrier
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
71 % 81.9 % Faster effective speed.
+15%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
70.1 Pts 76.1 Pts Slightly lower memory latency.
+9%
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
103 Pts 123 Pts Faster single-core speed.
+19%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
202 Pts 243 Pts Faster dual-core speed.
+20%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
386 Pts 470 Pts Faster quad-core speed.
+22%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
674 Pts 898 Pts Much faster octa-core speed.
+33%
Memory
OC Memory Latency
79.7 Pts 87.6 Pts Slightly lower OC memory latency.
+10%
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
116 Pts 138 Pts Faster OC single-core speed.
+19%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
226 Pts 276 Pts Faster OC dual-core speed.
+22%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
444 Pts 548 Pts Faster OC quad-core speed.
+23%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
813 Pts 1069 Pts Much faster OC octa-core speed.
+31%
Market Share
Based on 67,772,670 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.03 % 0.05 % Much higher market share.
+67%
Value
Value For Money
76.6 % +4% 73.4 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
70 % More popular.
+27%
55 %
Price
Price (score)
$211 Much cheaper.
+49%
$413
Age
Newest
85 Months 82 Months +4%
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP)
95 Watts Much more energy efficient.
+32%
140 Watts
Cores
CPU Processing Cores
8 cores 10 cores Higher core count.
+25%
Threads
CPU Processing Threads
16 threads 20 threads Higher thread count.
+25%
Lithography
Manufacturing process
14 nm 14 nm
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed
3.4 GHz 3.8 GHz Faster base frequency.
+12%
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed
3.8 GHz 4.3 GHz Faster turbo frequency.
+13%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
1183 Pts 1853 Pts Much faster OC 64-core speed.
+57%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
1032 Pts 1589 Pts Much faster 64-core speed.
+54%
Series
CPU Architecture
Zen Skylake-X
Socket
Motherboard Socket
AM4 LGA2066
Graphics
Integrated Graphics
None None
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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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