Intel Core i9-10900K vs AMD Ryzen 7 5700X

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i9 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 7 5700X

Price

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$ 484.10

$ 212.99

$ 271.11 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8226 points

11% slightly better overall score

7399 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8838 points

8984 points

1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8007 points

16% slightly better multitasking score

6877 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7938 points

17% slightly better heavy workload score

6735 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8988 points

29% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

6914 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

231.23 points

11% slightly higher Blender score

207.23 points

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

15821 points

20% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score

13184 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9381 points

9632 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1723 points

2079 points

20% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9141 points

9706 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1778 points

2147 points

20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

8% slightly higher clock speed

3.40 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.3 GHz

15% slightly higher turbo speed

4.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W

65 W

92% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

640 KiB

25% slightly more L1 cache

512 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2.5 MiB

4 MiB

60% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

20 MiB

32 MiB

60% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

138th of 1,089

170th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i9

Ryzen 7 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May

2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-10900K vs Ryzen 7 5700X specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-10900K is faster than the Ryzen 7 5700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5700X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-10900K has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 5700X has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5700X. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-10900K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 5700X. Also, the Core i9-10900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 5700X outputs less heat than Core i9-10900K thanks to a 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 7 5700X has more L2 cache than the Core i9-10900K. The Ryzen 7 5700X 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 i9-10900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.