Intel Core i9-10900X vs Intel Core i9-9820X

Compare Intel Core X-series 10 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 10 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

7550 points

8% slightly better overall score

6987 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8222 points

7% slightly better gaming score

7678 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7324 points

8% slightly better multitasking score

6735 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7249 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

6649 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

202.00 points

204.52 points

1% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

12% slightly higher clock speed

3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz

9% slightly higher turbo speed

4.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

165 W

Identical

165 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

9% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

256 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

128 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

640 KiB

Identical

640 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB

400% significantly more L3 cache

5 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

165th of 1,089

195th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 November

2018 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-10900X vs Core i9-9820X comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-10900X beats the Core i9-9820X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9820X in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-10900X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-9820X. Also, the Core i9-10900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i9-10900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.