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Product Name: | AMD Ryzen™ 9 7950X 16-Core, 32-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor |
Manufacturer: | AMD |
Model Number: | RYZEN 9 7950X |
Product SKU: | B0BBHD5D8Y |
UPC: | 730143314534 |
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The 13900k
I think anyone that actually needs this much cpu should likely watch the in depth reviews so they can see the performance in the specific applications they will be using (or at least a similar enough test to ball park). That said, in general the 13900k comes out on top with several exceptions.
i think between the price, Intel, and AMD's eventual plan on releasing a 3d variant, this was forseeabe.
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I managed to get a 12th gen 12900k for $320. The motherboard I got for about $170.
Now I'm wondering if I should simply sell that and get a 13900K (on sale), since it's just a drop-in upgrade. It'll probably still be less than a 7950x + new mobo (I'd have to sell off the ASUS Prime currently used, which is more hassle, too).
The main draw of the 7950x for me is supposedly higher performance on 3d rendering and the like vs 13900K. Using a good bit less power is also a plus, although I'm not sure how much difference it'd make in electricity bill. As for heat, I'm wondering how much less heat the 7950x would generate (especially in the summer).
13900 > 7950x in MY OPINION simply based on the fact that the 7950x does not support DDR4 which is way way way way cheaper than DDR5 in workbench sized configurations. I personally was not willing to spend $400 on 64 GB of DDR5 when I can get 64 GB of DDR4 for less than half the price. Sure if you're only using 32 GB of RAM than the DDR5 might not hurt as much price wise, but in large configurations such as 64 or 128, you're going to feel the price of DDR5 big time and there isn't enough gains in performance to warranty even close to the price for workbench usage.
Personally the 5950x at $499 was more for me due to the large amount of physical cores, support of sub $150 MOBOs and support for large amounts of DDR4 RAM cheap. Again I am running VMwares and not doing production.