Intel® Core™ i9-7900X X-series Processor
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Expert reviews
The overall review score is calculated from averaging this product's international review scores.
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11/08/2018
SummaryThese days there are basically two different groups of customers who demand lots of processing power: content creators and gamers, while this 2D performance comparison is targeting content creators. After having had a look at the following pages you'll ha...
ocaholic.ch.english -
08/14/2018
SummaryIntel's Skylake-X-based Core i9-7900X weighs in with 10 Hyper-Threaded cores and architectural enhancements that benefit many workstation-class workloads, such as rendering and content creation. The processor struggles in some games compared to its predec...
tomshardware.co.ukProsWorkstation and productivity applications
ConsPerformance regression in some games, Price, Poor thermal performance
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05/06/2018
SummaryI can see the Ryzen 5 2600 and the 2600X fast becoming the most popular chips of the second generation Ryzen launch. They're fast, they're affordable, and they're easy to keep cool and overclock. I mean, if you're just doing a massive amount of rendering...
eteknix.comProsIncredible single and multi-core performance, Very easy to overclock (despite high temperatures), 10-Core and 20-Threads, Price was lower than expected from previous HEDT Intel offerings, Multitasking powerhouse, Great for gaming and heavy workloads, User...
ConsThe price is a real wallet buster, Very hot, and even your usual 240mm AIOs may not be enough, Neutral, High power consumption, but more cores and higher clock speeds will do that,
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03/23/2018
SummaryWhich processor now offers the most bang of your buck varies per price segment. If you have a very small budget, in our opinion it is best to find an Intel Pentium G4560, which, given its higher availability, is less of a challenge than it was a few month...
uk.hardware.info -
12/04/2017
SummaryFor the past few years, processors made by Intel have been more powerful – and much more popular – than those made by rival AMD. However, AMD’s Ryzen processors have turned that around: they’re powerful CPUs at a tempting price, and an excellent alternati...
expertreviews.co.uk -
09/18/2017
SummaryIf you're looking for a new processor and require AVX-512 vectorisation support, do a lot of video/photo editing, content creating, streaming or you have £900/$1000 to blow on a 10-core processor you probably won't get a better overall CPU than the Core i...
play3r.net -
08/08/2017
SummaryThe i9-7900X is the most powerful CPU we've ever tested, and the fastest out-of-the-box consumer processor you can buy today. It also has loads of PCIe lanes which, when paired with an appropriate X299 motherboard, allows you to build a seriously powerful...
techadvisor.co.uk -
07/20/2017
SummaryThere has never been a worse time to buy a new high-end CPU. While it's safe to say that right now the Core i9 7900X is the fastest desktop processor around, that's in no way an invitation for you to think about buying one.AMD have confirmed their cheaper...
pcgamesn.com -
07/02/2017
SummaryThe Intel Core i9-7900X ‘Skylake-X' 10-core processor unlocks a new level of performance for enthusiast consumers. Multi-threaded performance is superb thanks to the use of ten physical cores with Hyper-Threading and quad-channel memory, while lightly-thr...
kitguru.netProsSuperb out-of-the-box multi-threaded performance, Strong lightly-threaded performance thanks to Turbo Boost 2.0 and Turbo Boost Max 3.0, High all-core frequencies when overclocked, provided you can cool the chip, 44 PCIe lanes will appeal to multi-GPU use...
ConsThermal performance is poor, Power consumption is very high, Extremely expensive and questionable value compared to AMD's Ryzen 7 offerings, Gaming performance in some titles not as strong as Kaby Lake or Broadwell-E
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06/16/2017
SummaryIf Skylake-X appeared in a year's time as a blatant reaction to AMD's shenanigans, one would rightly suggest that what we've seen today is an indicator of Intel ramping things up to prevent AMD eating into its market share. However, Skylake-X has landed b...
Bit-Tech.net -
06/16/2017
SummaryWouldn't it be nice if the world's leading chip giants launched new processor series that worked perfectly and made implicit sense?That's the hope, but having witnessed AMD's Ryzen arrive with teething issues ranging from memory support to hesitant in...
HEXUS.netProsExcellent IPC performance, Outstanding multi-core potential, Plenty of overclocking headroom, Feature-packed X299 platform
ConsSoftware optimisations needed, bang4buck hasn't improved much
Retail prices reported as of 07 Jul 2022 10:58:32 GMT