Intel Core i9-10850K vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945H

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i9 10 core CPU vs AMD 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8580 points
8895 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9432 points
10846 points
14% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8275 points
8278 points
0.04% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8174 points
0.58% slightly better heavy workload score
8127 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

227.80 points
1% slightly higher Blender score
224.72 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
25% slightly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
25% slightly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
4.00 GHz
11% slightly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2.5 MiB
8 MiB
220% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

20 MiB
25% slightly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

122nd of 1,089
115th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i9
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 August
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i9-10850K vs Ryzen 9 8945H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 8945H is faster than the Core i9-10850K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10850K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-10850K has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 8945H that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 8945H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8945H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-10850K. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8945H has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i9-10850K. Despite this, the Core i9-10850K has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 9 8945H.

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

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