AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs Intel Core i9 10900K

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AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Intel Core i9 10900K

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 5500 with 6 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 5500 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2933)

Larger memory bandwidth (51.2GB/s vs 45.8GB/s)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (65W vs 125W)

Intel Core i9 10900K 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 3.6GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 16MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

1364

Intel Core i9 10900K

1375

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

10550

Intel Core i9 10900K +30%

13761

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 +4%

1776

Intel Core i9 10900K

1703

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

7245

Intel Core i9 10900K +29%

9367

Blender

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

166

Intel Core i9 10900K +61%

268

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 +7%

1424

Intel Core i9 10900K

1324

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

7179

Intel Core i9 10900K +50%

10773

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

3028

Intel Core i9 10900K +3%

3135

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

19373

Intel Core i9 10900K +18%

22996

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

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Intel Core i9 10900K

General Parameters

Mar 2022

Release Date

May 2020

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Cezanne

Core Architecture

Comet Lake

-

Processor Number

i9-10900K

AM4

Socket

LGA-1200

N/A

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

Package

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

125 W

90 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

10

12

Performance Core Threads

20

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.7 GHz

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.3 GHz

6

Total Core Count

10

12

Total Thread Count

20

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36x

Multiplier

37x

64 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

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2933

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

45.8 GB/s

-

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 5500

Official Website

Intel Core i9 10900K

3.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

16

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