Intel Core i5-10210U vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D

Core i5-10210U vs Ryzen 9 9900X3D specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D is faster than the Core i5-10210U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-10210U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 9900X3D has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Core i5-10210U that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10210U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-10210U. Also, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-10210U CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 9900X3D CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 9900X3D has more L2 cache than the Core i5-10210U. The Ryzen 9 9900X3D also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-10210U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.