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Intel i9-9900K vs Ryzen 2700X

As a part of the promotion of a new generation of processors, Intel, in cooperation with Principled Technologies (PT), has tested its latest CPU i9-9900K. This paid demonstration of power, put the Intel i9-9900K processor on the line of rival offer: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX and 2950X models, as well as by the number of cores equal to the Ryzen 2700X model, where the results showed that Intel’s clock is on average faster by 30 to 50 percent when compared with the AMD Ryzen 2700X model.

There are rumors spread over the Internet that the buyers of AMD Ryzen 5 1600X CPU which is supposed to be a 6 core CPU with 12 threads, are discovering that they actually bought a CPU with 8 cores and 16 threads active right out of the box, making them effectively price-cut 1800X CPUs. Same goes about buyers of AMD Ryzen 5 1600 processor. The ‘unlocked’ CPUs were manufactured in Malaysia on the 36th week of 2017. It means that these lucky owners bought a fully featured AMD Ryzen 7…

AMD Ryzen will start shipping in the next 4-5 weeks. Most likely, the new CPU will be available in early March, 2017. AMD will first launch the AMD Ryzen 8 core / 16 threads CPUs, and four core CPUs would be launched about 3-4 months later. There will be no 6 core AMD Ryzen CPU coming out. New AMD Ryzen CPUs are built on a 14nm FinFET manufacturing process and it is expected to offer 40 percent improvement over its previous 28nm architecture known as Excavator. AMD Ryzen will compete…

Intel Pentium G2120 is a budget, yet powerful Ivy Bridge desktop processor. It is up to 35% faster than the older generation Pentium G630. Also, Intel G2120 CPU has low power consumption (Idle States ie. C-states are used to save power when the processor is idle). It has a better graphics card than older Sandy Bridge based Intel Pentium CPUs. The latest Ivy Bridge processors have been well received among users mainly due it’s price/performance ratio and lower power consumption. Intel Pentium G2120 as a perfect solution for budget gaming…

The Intel Core i5 3470 is a mid-range quad-core processor built on the 22 nano-meter process based on the Intel’s power-efficient Ivy Bridge architecture. The Core i5 3470 processor runs at a clock rate of 3.2 GHz, features a Turbo Boost which can push the clock speed up to 3.6 GHz and it comes with 6 MB of L3 Intel Smart Cache making this processor designed to deliver great performance. It has an Intel HD Graphics 2500 integrated graphics system which runs at base GPU frequency of 650 MHz with…

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Intel i9-9900K vs Ryzen 2700X

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