Intel Core i9-10900X vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D

Compare Intel Core X-series 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7000 Series 6 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

7% slightly better overall score

7004 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8222 points

10197 points

24% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7324 points

22% slightly better multitasking score

5978 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7249 points

25% slightly better heavy workload score

5757 points

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7406 points

24% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

5932 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

202.00 points

4% slightly higher Blender score

192.43 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

66% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

233% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

4.10 GHz

10% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz

4.7 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

165 W

65 W

153% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

640 KiB

66% significantly more L1 cache

384 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB

96 MiB

283% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

171st of 1,114

205th of 1,114

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Ryzen 7000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 November

2024 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-10900X vs Ryzen 5 7600X3D specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-10900X performs better than the Ryzen 5 7600X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7600X3D has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-10900X has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 7600X3D has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7600X3D. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7600X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-10900X. Also, the Ryzen 5 7600X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7600X3D outputs less heat than Core i9-10900X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. 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.