AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs Intel Core i7 9800X

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X with 12 cores 3.7GHz and Intel Core i7 9800X with 8 cores 3.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 's Advantages

Released 2 years late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-2666)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 17MB)

Lower TDP (105W vs 165W)

Intel Core i7 9800X 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (79.47GB/s vs 47.68GB/s)

Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 3.7GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X +33%

1670

Intel Core i7 9800X

1251

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X +70%

22046

Intel Core i7 9800X

12945

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X +70%

2235

Intel Core i7 9800X

1314

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X +57%

12589

Intel Core i7 9800X

7991

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X +33%

1639

Intel Core i7 9800X

1225

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X +45%

14023

Intel Core i7 9800X

9648

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X +34%

3470

Intel Core i7 9800X

2573

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X +116%

39196

Intel Core i7 9800X

18121

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

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Intel Core i7 9800X

General Parameters

Oct 2020

Release Date

Oct 2018

Amd

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 3 (Vermeer)

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i7-9800X

AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

No

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

4.15 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

105 W

Power Consumption

165 W

90°C

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

8

24

Performance Core Threads

16

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.8 GHz

4.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.4 GHz

12

Total Core Count

8

24

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

37x

Multiplier

38x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

17 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

47.68 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

79.47 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

Official Website

Intel Core i7 9800X

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

44

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512

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