AMD Ryzen 5 2500X vs Intel Core i9 10900K

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AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

Intel Core i9 10900K

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 2500X with 4 cores 3.6GHz and Intel Core i9 10900K with 10 cores 3.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X 's Advantages

More modern manufacturing process (12nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (65W vs 125W)

Intel Core i9 10900K 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 8 months late

Integrated graphics card

Larger memory bandwidth (45.8GB/s vs 43.71GB/s)

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 3.6GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 16MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

1234

Intel Core i9 10900K +38%

1703

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

4269

Intel Core i9 10900K +119%

9367

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

971

Intel Core i9 10900K +36%

1324

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

3880

Intel Core i9 10900K +177%

10773

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

2313

Intel Core i9 10900K +35%

3135

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

9465

Intel Core i9 10900K +142%

22996

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

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Intel Core i9 10900K

General Parameters

Sep 2018

Release Date

May 2020

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen+

Core Architecture

Comet Lake

-

Processor Number

i9-10900K

AM4

Socket

LGA-1200

N/A

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

12 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

125 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

10

8

Performance Core Threads

20

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.7 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.3 GHz

4

Total Core Count

10

8

Total Thread Count

20

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36x

Multiplier

37x

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2933

Memory Types

DDR4-2933

64 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

43.71 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

45.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

350 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1200 MHz

-

Shader Units

192

-

Texture Units

24

-

Raster Operation Units

3

-

Execution Units

24

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Max Resolution

4096x2304 - 60 Hz

-

Graphics Performance

0.38 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

Official Website

Intel Core i9 10900K

3.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

16

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