Intel Core i9 9900K vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.6 GHz Intel Core i9 9900K with 8-cores against the 4.5 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7950X with 16-cores. 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
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 AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
- Newer - released 3-years and 11-months later
- Has 48 MB larger L3 cache size
- More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 14 nanometers
- Has 8 more physical cores
- Around 31.8 GB/s (76%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- 76% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 2253 vs 1277 points
- Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
- 14% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.7 GHz vs 5 GHz)
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)
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Specifications
General
| Vendor | Intel | AMD |
| Released | October 8, 2018 | August 29, 2022 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Coffee Lake | Zen 4 (Raphael) |
| Model number | i9-9900K | - |
| Integrated GPU | UHD Graphics 630 | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) |
CPU
| P-Cores | 8 | 16 |
| P-Threads | 16 | 32 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.6 GHz | 4.5 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 5 GHz | 5.7 GHz |
| Total Cores | 8 | 16 |
| Total Threads | 16 | 32 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 36x | 45x |
| Bus Bandwidth | 8 GT/s | - |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 256K (per core) | 1MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 16MB (shared) | 64MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | - | 13.1 billions |
| Fabrication process | 14 nm | 5 nm |
| Socket | LGA-1151 | AM5 |
| TDP | 95 W | 170 W |
| Max. Boost TDP | - | 230 W |
| Peak temperature | 100°C | 95°C |
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Intel UHD Graphics 630 | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) |
| GPU Base Clock | 350 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1200 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| Shading Units | 192 | 128 |
| TMUs | 24 | 8 |
| ROPs | 3 | 4 |
| Execution Units | 24 | 2 |
| TGP | 15 W | 15 W |
| Max. Resolution | 4096x2304 - 60 Hz | - |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory types | DDR4-2666 | DDR5-5200 |
| Memory Size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 41.6 GB/s | 73.4 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | Yes |
Misc
| Official site | Intel Core i9 9900K official page | AMD Ryzen 9 7950X official page |
| PCI Express Version | 3.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 16 | 28 |
| Extended instructions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2 | - |
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