AMD Ryzen 9 7950X vs Intel Core i9 10900K

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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

Intel Core i9 10900K

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X with 16 cores 4.5GHz and Intel Core i9 10900K 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 7950X 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 3 months late

Better graphics card performance

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 2933)

Larger memory bandwidth (73.4GB/s vs 45.8GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.5GHz vs 3.7GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 20MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Intel Core i9 10900K 's Advantages

Lower TDP (125W vs 170W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +49%

2059

Intel Core i9 10900K

1375

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +177%

38165

Intel Core i9 10900K

13761

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +80%

3068

Intel Core i9 10900K

1703

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +128%

21409

Intel Core i9 10900K

9367

Cinebench 2024 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +124%

2097

Intel Core i9 10900K

936

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +68%

2232

Intel Core i9 10900K

1324

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +125%

24244

Intel Core i9 10900K

10773

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +36%

4286

Intel Core i9 10900K

3135

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +173%

62987

Intel Core i9 10900K

22996

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

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Intel Core i9 10900K

General Parameters

Aug 2022

Release Date

May 2020

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 4 (Raphael)

Core Architecture

Comet Lake

-

Processor Number

i9-10900K

AM5

Socket

LGA-1200

Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

Package

13.1 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

170 W

Power Consumption

125 W

230 W

Max Turbo Power Consumption

-

95°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

10

32

Performance Core Threads

20

4.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.7 GHz

5.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.3 GHz

16

Total Core Count

10

32

Total Thread Count

20

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

45x

Multiplier

37x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR4-2933

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

73.4 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

45.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

1500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

350 MHz

2200 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1200 MHz

448

Shader Units

192

8

Texture Units

24

4

Raster Operation Units

3

2

Execution Units

24

15 W

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Max Resolution

4096x2304 - 60 Hz

1.43 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

0.38 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

Official Website

Intel Core i9 10900K

5.0

PCIe Version

3.0

28

PCIe Lanes

16

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