AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT vs Intel Core i7 9700K

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AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT

Intel Core i7 9700K

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT with 16 cores 3.3GHz and Intel Core i7 9700K with 8 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 5900XT 's Advantages

Released 5 years and 9 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (47.68GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 12MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Intel Core i7 9700K 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.3GHz)

Lower TDP (95W vs 105W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT +48%

2331

Intel Core i7 9700K

1575

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT +102%

13539

Intel Core i7 9700K

6702

Blender

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT +179%

394

Intel Core i7 9700K

141

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT

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Intel Core i7 9700K

General Parameters

Jul 2024

Release Date

Oct 2018

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Vermeer

Core Architecture

Coffee Lake

-

Processor Number

i7-9700K

AMD Socket AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

N/A

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

Ryzen 9 (Zen 3 (Vermeer))

Generation

-

Package

8.3 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

105 W

Power Consumption

95 W

90°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

TSMC

Foundry

-

2x74 mm²

Die Size

-

12 nm

I/O Process Size

-

125 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

8

24

Performance Core Threads

8

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

4.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.9 GHz

16

Total Core Count

8

32

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

33.0

Multiplier

36x

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 KB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

64 MB

L3 Cache

12 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

1

SMP

-

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

47.68 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

41.6 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 5900XT

Official Website

Intel Core i7 9700K

4

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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