UserBenchmark: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D vs Intel Core i7-9700K

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Best Bench: 125% Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 112% Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg)

Poor: 112% Great: 125%

SPEED RANK: 19^th / 1441

Gaming 120%

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Desktop 120%

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Workstation 155%

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Best Bench: 105% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 5.2 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 82% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)

Poor: 82% Great: 105%

SPEED RANK: 98^th / 1441

Gaming 97%

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Desktop 97%

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Workstation 89%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		120 %	Faster effective speed. +24%		96.9 %


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	86.8 Pts		90.9 Pts	+5%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	209 Pts	Much faster single-core speed. +49%	140 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	413 Pts	Much faster dual-core speed. +48%	279 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	817 Pts	Much faster quad-core speed. +48%	552 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	1579 Pts	Much faster octa-core speed. +64%	964 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	99 Pts	+2%	96.6 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	220 Pts	Much faster OC single-core speed. +42%	155 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	437 Pts	Much faster OC dual-core speed. +41%	309 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	859 Pts	Much faster OC quad-core speed. +39%	618 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	1670 Pts	Much faster OC octa-core speed. +49%	1123 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.14 %	2.14 %	Insanely higher market share. +1,429%
Value Value For Money	97 %	99.8 %	+3%
User Rating UBM User Rating	53 %	92 %	Much more popular. +74%
Price Price (score)	$602	$249	Much cheaper. +59%


Age Newest	13+ Months	Much more recent. +80%	65 Months
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	3812 Pts	Hugely faster OC 64-core speed. +233%	1145 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	3635 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +263%	1001 Pts

The AMD 7000X3D CPUs have the same core architecture as the rest of the 7000 series but they have one group of eight "3D" cores with extra cache. The “3D” cores are priced higher but run at 10% lower clocks. For most real-world tasks performance is comparable to the 7000X variant. Cache sensitive scenarios such as low res. canned game benchmarks with an RTX 4090 ($2,000) benefit at the cost of everything else. Be wary of sponsored reviews with cherry picked games that showcase the wins, ignore frame drops and gloss over the losses. Also watch out for AMD’s army of Neanderthal social media accounts on reddit, forums and youtube, they will be singing their own praises as usual. AMD continue to develop “Advanced Marketing” relationships with select youtubers with the obvious aim of compensating for second tier products with first tier marketing. PC gamers considering a 7000X3D CPU need to work on their critical thinking skills: Influencers are paid handsomely to promote overpriced niche products (X3D, EPYC, Threadripper etc.). Rational gamers have little reason to look further than the $300 13600K which offers comparable real-world gaming and better desktop performance at a fraction of the price. Workstation users (and RTX 4080+ gamers) may find value in higher core CPUs such as the 16-core $400 13700K. Despite offering better performance at lower prices, as long as Intel continues to sample and sponsor marketers that are mostly funded by AMD, they will struggle to win market share. ^{[Mar '23 CPUPro]}

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Intel’s Core i7-9700K is an unlocked 9th generation Coffee Lake CPU. It is an 8 core, 8 thread processor. The 9700K features 12 MB of cache, a 95W TDP and Intel UHD 630 graphics. Like the other 9th generation chips, it is compatible with Intel’s new Z390 chipset as well as last years Z370 chipset (with an updated BIOS). The 9700K has stock base / boost clocks of 3.6 / 4.6 GHz and a single core boost of 4.9 GHz (compared to 3.6, 4.7 and 5.0 GHz for the flagship 9900K). This translates to almost identical single, quad and octa core performance between the 9900K and 9700K. Mainstream PC games do not benefit from more than six threads, so at $350 (25% cheaper than the 9900K), the 9700K offers far better value for money to gamers. That said gamers have very little reason not to consider the i5-9600K which, when overclocked, offers almost equivalent performance at a 35% discount. ^{[Oct '18 CPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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