Intel Core i9-10850K vs AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

Core i9-10850K vs Ryzen 9 5980HX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-10850K beats the Ryzen 9 5980HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 5980HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-10850K has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 9 5980HX. Indeed, the Core i9-10850K has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 9 5980HX. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 5980HX. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-10850K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 5980HX. The Ryzen 9 5980HX outputs less heat than Core i9-10850K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 5980HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-10850K. Despite this, the Core i9-10850K has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 9 5980HX.

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 i9-10850K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.