IntelBX8071514600K
IntelBX80673I97900X

14 Cores, 20 Threads @3.5GHz, Raptor Lake.
Release date: Q4 2023.

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

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 21,132 user samples
1,700 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 129% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 5.4 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 119% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Poor: 119% Great: 129%
SPEED RANK: 15th / 1456
Gaming
Gaming 124%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 123%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 137%
UFO
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: 216th / 1456
Gaming
Gaming 82%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 89%
Aircraft carrier
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
124 % Much faster effective speed.
+51%
81.9 %
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
82.3 Pts Slightly lower memory latency.
+8%
76.1 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
220 Pts Much faster single-core speed.
+79%
123 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
441 Pts Hugely faster dual-core speed.
+81%
243 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
881 Pts Hugely faster quad-core speed.
+87%
470 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
1506 Pts Much faster octa-core speed.
+68%
898 Pts
Memory
OC Memory Latency
92 Pts Slightly lower OC memory latency.
+5%
87.6 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
226 Pts Much faster OC single-core speed.
+64%
138 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
452 Pts Much faster OC dual-core speed.
+64%
276 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
903 Pts Much faster OC quad-core speed.
+65%
548 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
1584 Pts Much faster OC octa-core speed.
+48%
1069 Pts
Market Share
Based on 68,175,816 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.2 % Hugely higher market share.
+400%
0.04 %
Value
Value For Money
122 % Much better value.
+63%
74.4 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
91 % Much more popular.
+65%
55 %
Price
Price (score)
$295 Cheaper.
+25%
$393
Age
Newest
8 Months Hugely more recent.
+90%
84 Months
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP)
125 Watts More energy efficient.
+11%
140 Watts
Cores
CPU Processing Cores
14 cores Much higher core count.
+40%
10 cores
Threads
CPU Processing Threads
20 threads 20 threads
Lithography
Manufacturing process
10 nm Newer manufacturing.
+29%
14 nm
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed
3.5 GHz 3.8 GHz Slightly faster base frequency.
+9%
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed
5.3 GHz Faster turbo frequency.
+23%
4.3 GHz
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
2630 Pts Much faster OC 64-core speed.
+42%
1853 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
2519 Pts Much faster 64-core speed.
+59%
1589 Pts
Series
CPU Architecture
Raptor Lake Skylake-X
Socket
Motherboard Socket
FCLGA1700 LGA2066
Graphics
Integrated Graphics
UHD 770 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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