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Intel Core i9 10900 vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900

42 out of 100
Intel Core i9 10900
VS
56 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 5900
Intel Core i9 10900
AMD Ryzen 9 5900

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 2.8 GHz Intel Core i9 10900 with 10-cores against the 3.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 5900 with 12-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
14.7
(Bad)
Value Index
19.0
(Bad)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5900 and 10900
Advantages of Intel Core i9 10900
  • Includes an integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630
  • 11% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.2 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 14 nanometers
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Has 12 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • 32% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2163 vs 1637 points
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 9 months later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i9 10900
vs
Ryzen 9 5900

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i9 10900
717
Ryzen 9 5900 +65%
1180
Cinebench Scores (#115th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i9 10900
1637
Ryzen 9 5900 +32%
2163
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i9 10900
9249
Ryzen 9 5900 +9%
10055
File compression 656.4 MB/sec 1019.3 MB/sec
Clang compilation 88.1 Klines/sec 96.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 194 pages/sec 169.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 299.3 Mpixels/sec 311.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 173.3 pages/sec 210.9 pages/sec
Background blur 41.3 images/sec 25.2 images/sec
Photo processing 66.2 images/sec 68.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.6 Mpixels/sec 23.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 943 & 115 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i9 10900
2985
Ryzen 9 5900 +15%
3433
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i9 10900
19080
Ryzen 9 5900 +78%
33946
Integer math 77.5 GOps/sec 128.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 47.5 GOps/sec 69.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 55M Primes/sec 214M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 37.9M Strings/sec 43.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 6.4 GBytes/sec 26.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 304.2 MBytes/sec 411.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 897 Frames/sec 1695 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 19.1B Matrices/sec 26.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1266 & 307 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i9 10900
165.34
Ryzen 9 5900 +83%
302.08

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 11 PPW 18.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 142.3 PPW 154.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 293.5 PPW 522.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.54 PPW 4.65 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 10900 and AMD Ryzen 9 5900

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released May 1, 2020 January 12, 2021
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Comet Lake Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Model number i9-10900 -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 630 No
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 5900 - Intel Core i9 11900
Successor - Intel Core i9 11900 - AMD Ryzen 9 7900
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#88th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 10 12
P-Threads 20 24
Base Frequency (P) 2.8 GHz 3.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.2 GHz 4.7 GHz
Total
Total Cores 10 12
Total Threads 20 24
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 28x 30x
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s -
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 20MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 14 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 88 W
Socket LGA-1200 AM4
Peak Temperature 100°C 95°C
Desktop CPU ranking (139th and 90th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 630 -
GPU Base Clock 350 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 1200 MHz -
Shading Units 192 -
TMUs 24 -
ROPs 3 -
Execution Units 24 -
TGP 15 W -
iGPU FLOPS
Core i9 10900
0.5 TFLOPS
Ryzen 9 5900
n/a
See: Intel UHD Graphics 630 benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-2933 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 45.8 GB/s -
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i9 10900 official page -
PCI Express Version 3.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 20

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