AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Intel Core i9 10850K

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AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

Intel Core i9 10850K

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X with 16 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Core i9 10850K with 10 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2933)

Larger memory bandwidth (47.68GB/s vs 45.8GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 20MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (105W vs 125W)

Intel Core i9 10850K 's Advantages

Released 8 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.5GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

1349

Intel Core i9 10850K

1336

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +50%

24396

Intel Core i9 10850K

16234

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

1709

Intel Core i9 10850K

1722

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +32%

11656

Intel Core i9 10850K

8830

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

1279

Intel Core i9 10850K +1%

1302

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +35%

14487

Intel Core i9 10850K

10664

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

2692

Intel Core i9 10850K +14%

3083

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +71%

38953

Intel Core i9 10850K

22770

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

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Intel Core i9 10850K

General Parameters

Nov 2019

Release Date

Jul 2020

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 2

Core Architecture

Comet Lake-S

-

Processor Number

i9-10850K

AM4

Socket

LGA-1200

N/A

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

105 W

Power Consumption

125 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

10

32

Performance Core Threads

20

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

4.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.2 GHz

16

Total Core Count

10

32

Total Thread Count

20

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

Multiplier

36x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

64 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

47.68 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 9 3950X

Official Website

Intel Core i9 10850K

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

16

PCIe Lanes

16

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