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General information Ryzen 7 1700X Core i7-990X
Launched Q1 2017 Q1 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel
Socket AM4 LGA1366
Series Name AMD Ryzen 7 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Summit Ridge Gulftown
Clock 3.4 GHz 2.9 % 3.5 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.8 GHz 0 % 3.7 GHz 2.6 %
Cores 8 0 % 6 25 %
Threads 16 0 % 12 25 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 26.9 % 130 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Data
8 × 64 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 512 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 2 × 8 MB
1 × 12 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Ryzen 7 1700X Core i7-990X
Overall Score 56417 0 % 46297 17.9 %
Future Proof 57 % 0 % 23 % 59.6 %
Benchmark Score 10131 0 % 4594 54.7 %
Single Thread Score 2081.1 0 % 1563.2 24.9 %
Encrypting Data 15721.3 MB/s 0 % 2658 MB/s 83.1 %
Compressing Data 225.7 MB/s 0 % 120.5 MB/s 46.6 %
String objects sorting 27496 thousand/s 0 % 16101.8 thousand/s 41.4 %
Prime numbers generation 36.9 millions/s 0 % 32.7 millions/s 11.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 56885.5 millions/s 0 % 29532.6 millions/s 48.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 29601.9 millions/s 0 % 12417.2 millions/s 58.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Ryzen 7 1700X, Core i7-990X.

Average frames per second Ryzen 7 1700X Core i7-990X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 122.2 FPS 92.2 FPS
High settings 195.6 FPS 147.5 FPS
Medium settings 244.5 FPS 184.4 FPS
Low settings 305.6 FPS 230.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 24.6 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Ryzen 7 1700X Core i7-990X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 149.9 FPS 132.1 FPS
High settings 239.9 FPS 211.4 FPS
Medium settings 299.9 FPS 264.2 FPS
Low settings 374.8 FPS 330.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.9 %
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