AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT vs Intel Core i9 10940X

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AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT

Intel Core i9 10940X

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT with 16 cores 3.3GHz and Intel Core i9 10940X with 14 cores 3.3GHz . 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 (3200 vs 2933)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 20MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (105W vs 165W)

Intel Core i9 10940X 's Advantages

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

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT +58%

2331

Intel Core i9 10940X

1471

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT +19%

13539

Intel Core i9 10940X

11287

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT

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Intel Core i9 10940X

General Parameters

Jul 2024

Release Date

Oct 2019

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Vermeer

Core Architecture

Cascade Lake

-

Processor Number

i9-10940X

AMD Socket AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Ryzen 9 (Zen 3 (Vermeer))

Generation

-

Package

8.3 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

105 W

Power Consumption

165 W

90°C

Peak Operating Temperature

86 °C

TSMC

Foundry

-

2x74 mm²

Die Size

-

12 nm

I/O Process Size

-

125 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

14

24

Performance Core Threads

28

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.3 GHz

4.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.6 GHz

16

Total Core Count

14

32

Total Thread Count

28

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

33.0

Multiplier

33x

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 KB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

64 MB

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

1

SMP

-

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 10940X

4

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

48

-

Extended Instruction Set

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

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