Intel Core i9-10900X vs AMD EPYC 74F3

Core i9-10900X vs EPYC 74F3 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-10900X performs better than the EPYC 74F3. Despite this, the EPYC 74F3 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-10900X has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the EPYC 74F3 that has 9 cores. It also has more threads than the EPYC 74F3. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-10900X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the EPYC 74F3. A Core i9-10900X CPU outputs less heat than a EPYC 74F3 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-10900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.