AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT vs Intel Core i9 10900X

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT with 12 cores 3.3GHz and Intel Core i9 10900X 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 9 5900XT 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 9 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-2933)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 20MB)

Lower TDP (105W vs 165W)

Intel Core i9 10900X 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (93.8GB/s vs 47.68GB/s)

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 3.3GHz)

Score

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT

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Intel Core i9 10900X

General Parameters

Jul 2024

Release Date

Oct 2019

Amd

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 3 (Vermeer)

Core Architecture

Cascade Lake

-

Processor Number

i9-10900X

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

94 °C

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

10

24

Performance Core Threads

20

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.7 GHz

4.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.5 GHz

12

Total Core Count

10

24

Total Thread Count

20

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

33x

Multiplier

37x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

64 MB

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2933

128 GB

Max Memory Size

256 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

47.68 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

93.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT

Official Website

Intel Core i9 10900X

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

48

-

Extended Instruction Set

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

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