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Depends on which ones we're comparing, which is also not a fair comparison, because Ryzen 7 is more expensive, always. Also will depend on if you are gonna overclock..

But all (curren desktop) Ryzen CPU's are made from the same base, so clock for clock are about the same.. It's just that Ryzen 7 has more cores (8 cores 16 threads on all three variants) compared to Ryzen 5 (the two cheaper ones have 4 cores 8 threads, the two more expensive ones have 6 cores 12 threads), but Ryzen 5 generally has a faster default clock speed (which this difference can be made smaller through overclocking).

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6 minutes ago, UnAppledDragon said:

@Minibois So the more cores you have the better it is 

Usually, but only to some extent. *Cough* Intel Phi.

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5 minutes ago, UnAppledDragon said:

@Minibois So the more cores you have the better it is 

 

Ryzen 7 has more cores than Ryzen 5, but (with standard clock speeds) Ryzen 5 can do more per core. 

 

So the answer to that question is yes and no. If you have so program that can leverage all cores: yes, possibly. If not: Ryzen 5 will actually be faster.

 

Example: Adobe programs don't tend to use over 8 threads, so a Ryzen 5 with between 8 and 12 threads will be faster than a 16 thread Ryzen 7, because with the 8 or so actual threads being used: it can just do more with said 8 being used threads. Same for games, they tend to not use all threads in a given CPU.

 

Disclaimer: programs are not directly written in how many threads they use, that is not a set in stone number. Only through benchmarks is how you can figure out how many threads are effectively used.

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6 minutes ago, elmers glue said:

Intel Xeon Phi

A lot of slow cores never wins. 

 

Which is really just Xeons in general. 

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1 hour ago, wONKEyeYEs said:

That would suck for gaming so, not best.:P

i dont see where the OP said gaming CPU.

 

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Xeon X5650 and X58 motherboard for $120 total.

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@Deli Up to 400 on cpu 

8700k

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@Deli Up to 400 on cpu 

Lol, that would break my bank.

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Gaming: Core i7 8700K

General Usage: Core i9 7980XE

Rendering and stuff: Xeon Platinum 8180

Primary: CPU Core i7-4790K  |  MOBO Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H   |  RAM 24GB Crucial DDR3-1600 CL9  |  GPU XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS Black Edition  |  CPU Cooler Thermaltake Frio Silent 14  |  Case Cooler Master N400  |  PSU Corsair CXM 750 Watt |  Boot Drive 500GB Samsung 850 Evo  |  Storage 500GB WD Laptop HDD + 2TB Toshiba HDD + 250GB WD Laptop HDD + 250GB WD Laptop HDD + 4TB WD Blue HDD  |  Monitor Acer XG270HU  |  Secondary Monitor Nixeus VUE-24  |  Tertiary Monitor Sony SDM-HS53  |  OS Windows 10

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In descending order of budget for mixed computing favoring gaming...

 

i9-7980xe

i9-7900x

i7-8700k

R7 1700

i5-8600k

 

 

i9-9900k @ 5.1GHz || EVGA 3080 ti FTW3 EK Cooled || EVGA z390 Dark || G.Skill TridentZ 32gb 4000MHz C16

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2 minutes ago, UnAppledDragon said:

@Deli Up to 400 on cpu 

8700k

i9-9900k @ 5.1GHz || EVGA 3080 ti FTW3 EK Cooled || EVGA z390 Dark || G.Skill TridentZ 32gb 4000MHz C16

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@Thermosman  @Deli @TahoeDust

 

How is the I7-7700k for gaming? and Also for the 8700k isnt the i5 just as good as the i7 just with a minor difference

The 7700k is slightly worse than the 8700k because it has 2 less cores and it has lower clockspeed, but will not be a big difference in most games. I reccomend the 8700k for futureproofing.

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2 minutes ago, UnAppledDragon said:

@Thermosman  @Deli @TahoeDust

 

How is the I7-7700k for gaming? and Also for the 8700k isnt the i5 just as good as the i7 just with a minor difference

You asked for the best CPU under $400.  8700k is it.  7700k is a fine CPU, but I would never buy one right now.  

 

8700k>8600k>7700k

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