Intel Core i9-10900K vs AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

Core i9-10900K vs Ryzen 9 5980HX comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-10900K performs better than the Ryzen 9 5980HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 5980HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-10900K has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 5980HX that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 5980HX. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-10900K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 5980HX. The Ryzen 9 5980HX 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 5980HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-10900K. Despite this, the Core i9-10900K has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 9 5980HX.

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.