Intel Core i9 9900K vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
We compared two 8-core desktop CPUs: the 3.6 GHz Intel Core i9 9900K against the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 5800X. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
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 electricity consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core i9 9900K
- Includes an integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630
- More than 10° C higher critical temperature
- 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
- More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 14 nanometers
- Has 16384 KB larger L3 cache size
- Newer - released 2-years and 1-month later
- Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
- 27% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 1626 vs 1277 points
- Around 6.08 GB/s (15%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Specifications
General
| Vendor | Intel | AMD |
| Released | October 8, 2018 | October 8, 2020 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Coffee Lake | Zen 3 (Vermeer) |
| Model number | i9-9900K | - |
| Integrated GPU | UHD Graphics 630 | No |
CPU
| P-Cores | 8 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 16 | 16 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.6 GHz | 3.8 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 5 GHz | 4.7 GHz |
| Total Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Total Threads | 16 | 16 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 36x | 38x |
| Bus Bandwidth | 8 GT/s | - |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 256K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 16MB (shared) | 32MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | - | 4.15 billions |
| Fabrication process | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| Socket | LGA-1151 | AM4 |
| TDP | 95 W | 105 W |
| Peak temperature | 100°C | 90°C |
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 | - |
| Max. Resolution | 4096x2304 - 60 Hz | - |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory types | DDR4-2666 | DDR4-3200 |
| Memory Size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 41.6 GB/s | 47.68 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | Yes |
Misc
| Official site | Intel Core i9 9900K official page | AMD Ryzen 7 5800X official page |
| PCI Express Version | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 16 | 20 |
| Extended instructions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2 | - |
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