Intel Core i9 9900X vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Intel Core i9 9900X with 10-cores against the 3.5 GHz AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 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 Intel Core i9 9900X
- More than 24° C higher critical temperature
- Consumes up to 8% less energy than the Ryzen Threadripper 2950X – 165 vs 180 Watt
Advantages of AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
- Supports up to 2048 GB DDR4-2933 RAM
- Has 6 more physical cores
- Has 12 MB larger L3 cache size
- More modern manufacturing process – 12 versus 14 nanometers
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 31, 2018 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Skylake | Zen+ |
| Model number | i9-9900X | - |
| Socket | LGA-2066 | sTR4 |
| Integrated GPU | No | No |
Performance
| Cores | 10 | 16 |
| Threads | 20 | 32 |
| Base Frequency | 3.5 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency | 4.4 GHz | 4.4 GHz |
| Bus frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 35x | 35x |
| Bus Bandwidth | 8 GT/s | - |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 96K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 1MB (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 20MB (shared) | 32MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Power
| Transistors | - | 9.6 billions |
| Fabrication process | 14 nm | 12 nm |
| TDP | 165 W | 180 W |
| Max. temperature | 92°C | 68°C |
Memory support
| Memory types | DDR4-2666 | DDR4-2933 |
| Memory Size | 128 GB | 2048 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | - | 87.42 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | Yes |
Misc
| Official site | Intel Core i9 9900X official page | AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X official page |
| PCI Express Version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 44 | 60 |
| Extended instructions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512 | - |
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