Intel Core i7-9800X vs AMD Ryzen AI 9 365

Core i7-9800X vs Ryzen AI 9 365 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen AI 9 365 beats the Core i7-9800X in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-9800X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen AI 9 365 has slightly more cores than the Core i7-9800X. Indeed, the Ryzen AI 9 365 has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i7-9800X. It also has more threads than the Core i7-9800X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-9800X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen AI 9 365. Despite this, the Ryzen AI 9 365 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen AI 9 365 outputs less heat than Core i7-9800X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-9800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.