UserBenchmark: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X vs Intel Core i9-11900K

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Best Bench: 112% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 5.2 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 94% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)

Poor: 94% Great: 112%

SPEED RANK: 63^rd / 1441

Gaming 103%

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Desktop 105%

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Workstation 104%

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Best Bench: 126% Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 5.4 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 105% Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg)

Poor: 105% Great: 126%

SPEED RANK: 27^th / 1441

Gaming 116%

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Desktop 117%

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Workstation 138%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		103 %			116 %	Faster effective speed. +12%


20 Oct22\|Techpowerup Intel Core i5-13600K Review - Best...			WatchDL 0%, RDR2 8%		12 %	Forza5 5%, AoE4 7%, Bord3 15%, FarC6 13%, BFV 15%, CPunk 1%, EldenR 6%, Civ6 38%, CSGO 54%, DoomE 0%
20 Oct22\|Tweakers Intel 13th Gen Core Raptor Lake Re...					9 %	FarC6 28%, RDR2 13%, F122 3%, MetroEx 1%, TWarW3 2%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	87.4 Pts	Slightly lower memory latency. +7%	81.5 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	171 Pts		211 Pts	Faster single-core speed. +23%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	333 Pts		411 Pts	Faster dual-core speed. +23%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	638 Pts		804 Pts	Faster quad-core speed. +26%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	1114 Pts		1536 Pts	Much faster octa-core speed. +38%


Memory OC Memory Latency	95.6 Pts	+4%	92.2 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	183 Pts		218 Pts	Faster OC single-core speed. +19%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	360 Pts		434 Pts	Faster OC dual-core speed. +21%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	700 Pts		863 Pts	Faster OC quad-core speed. +23%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	1279 Pts		1693 Pts	Much faster OC octa-core speed. +32%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.33 %	Hugely higher market share. +136%	0.14 %
Value Value For Money	105 %		105 %	+1%
User Rating UBM User Rating	75 %	More popular. +29%	58 %
Price Price (score)	$265	Much cheaper. +33%	$394


Age Newest	36 Months		18 Months	Much more recent. +50%
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watts	More energy efficient. +26%	170 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	8 cores		12 cores	Much higher core count. +50%
Threads CPU Processing Threads	16 threads		24 threads	Much higher thread count. +50%
Lithography Manufacturing process	14 nm		5 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +64%
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.5 GHz		4.7 GHz	Much faster base frequency. +34%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	5.3 GHz		5.6 GHz	Slightly faster turbo frequency. +6%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	1734 Pts		2977 Pts	Much faster OC 64-core speed. +72%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	1600 Pts		2800 Pts	Much faster 64-core speed. +75%


Series CPU Architecture	Rocket Lake	Zen4
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA1200	AM5
Graphics Integrated Graphics	UHD 750	RDNA2

The i9-11900K is the fastest CPU in Intel’s 11th Gen Rocket Lake-S lineup which brings higher IPC (early samples indicate +19%) and 50% stronger integrated graphics. There are also 500 series chipset improvements including: 20 PCIe4 CPU lanes (up from 16) and USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 (20 Gbps up from 10 Gbps). Rocket Lake’s IPC uplift translates to around a 10% faster Effective Speed than both Intel's 10th Gen and AMD’s 5000 series. Despite Intel’s performance lead, AMD continues to outsell Intel. Given the scale of Intel's operation, it’s inexplicable that their marketing remains so neglected. Little effort is made to counter widespread disinformation such as: “it uses too much electricity” or the classic: “it needs more cores”. Intel’s marketing samples are routinely distributed to reviewers that appear better incentivized to bury Intel's products rather than review them. Not enabling XMP or only testing with BIOS power limits enabled is akin to leaving the handbrake on during a race. Mind-numbing “scientific” and rendering benchmarks are presented as gospel. Different games, mostly unplayed by real users, are cherry picked for each “review”. When it's convenient, canned game benchmarks are chosen such as Ulletical’s CSGO which runs at nearly double the in-game fps. Credible benchmark data, which necessarily includes replicable video footage from popular games, is the exception rather than the rule. At every release, AMD’s marketers coordinate narratives to ensure another feast of blue blubber. Nonetheless, towards the end of 2021, Intel’s Golden Cove is due to offer an additional 20-30% performance increase. At that time, with a net 30-40% performance lead, Intel will probably regain significant market share despite AMD's class-leading marketing. In the meantime, most PC gamers need look no further than the 11400F. ^{[Mar '21 CPUPro]}

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Within minutes of the first, pre-release, 7000 series userbenchmark results, AMD’s marketers broadcast a 20% win over the 12900K via thousands of anonymous twitter, reddit, forum and youtube accounts. Buying new AMD products is like buying used cars: it takes time, experience and a taste for sales hype. It’s difficult for consumers to make rational choices while AMD completely dominates “sponsored news” and social media channels. Ten years ago, when AMD was the underdog, this type of marketing was understandable. Today, with a capitalization of $150 Billion USD, it’s disrespectful to AMD's own users. Even with Intel's marketing department asleep at the wheel, Ryzen will quickly end up in the same state as Radeon. Following a series of overhyped releases, consumers have little interest in the Radeon brand. The combined market share for all of AMD’s (discrete) Radeon RX 5000 and 6000 GPUs (Steam stats) is just 2%. Although the new 7000 series Zen4 CPUs are actually around 15% faster than their predecessors, they have hefty cooling requirements (TDP +60% vs 5000 series), 30 second BIOS post times, expensive DDR5 RAM requirements and only work with expensive motherboards. Despite the 7000 series struggling to match Intel’s outgoing 12th gen, AMD market it as a “future proof” platform! They want users to pay a premium for last gen performance in exchange for the shallow promise of upgrades in the future. Over the next few days, Intel’s 13th gen (Raptor Lake) will launch. Shoppers will do well to wait until then. Despite AMD’s Neanderthal marketing techniques, it’s hard not to admire their technical progress. AMD-Raptor4 and Intel-Zen13 would be better fitting product names. ^{[Sep '22 CPUPro]}

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CPU	GPU	SSD
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
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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