AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D vs Intel Core i9 9940X

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AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D

Intel Core i9 9940X

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D with 12 cores 4.4GHz and Intel Core i9 9940X 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 9900X3D 's Advantages

Released 5 years and 11 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (5600 vs 2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (89.6GB/s vs 85GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.4GHz vs 3.3GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 20MB)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (120W vs 165W)

Score

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D

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Intel Core i9 9940X

General Parameters

Sep 2024

Release Date

Oct 2018

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i9-9940X

AM5

Socket

LGA-2066

Radeon Graphics

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))

Generation

-

Package

4 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

120 W

Power Consumption

165 W

95°C

Peak Operating Temperature

88 °C

TSMC

Foundry

-

6 nm

I/O Process Size

-

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

14

24

Performance Core Threads

28

4.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.3 GHz

5.6 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.4 GHz

12

Total Core Count

14

24

Total Thread Count

28

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

44x

Multiplier

33x

80 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

12 MB

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

128 MB

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

1

SMP

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5600

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

192 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

89.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

85 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

2200 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

2

Execution Units

-

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D

Official Website

Intel Core i9 9940X

5.0

PCIe Version

3.0

28

PCIe Lanes

44

-

Extended Instruction Set

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

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